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| Kinds | - Atherinomorus aetholepis, Spatular-scale Silverside
- Atherinomorus balabacensis, Balabac Island Silverside
- Atherinomorus capricornensis, Capricorn Hardyhead
- Atherinomorus duodecimalis, Tropical Silverside
- Atherinomorus endrachtensis, Endracht Hardyhead
- Atherinomorus insularum, Hawaiian Islands Silverside
- Atherinomorus lacunosus, Slender Hardyhead
- Atherinomorus lineatus, Lined Silverside
- Atherinomorus regina, Culion Silverside
- Atherinomorus stipes, Hardhead Silverside
- Atherinomorus vaigiensis, Common Hardyhead
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Overview |
Main identification features
- head deep, blunt, + bony knob
- large eye
- 1st dorsal fin : v, origin before a
- lower jaw: small teeth point out
- fin bases + scale sheaths
ATHERINOMORUS
SILVERSIDES
Eye large (>snout length); head relatively deep, with bony knob on top, top profile straight; upper jaw not extendible, with straight top, with front (premaxilla) bone extending past front edge of eye; lower lip with small, outward pointing teeth; projection at rear of lower jaw inside mouth small; gill rakers long, slender; preopercle with distinct notch on front border; 1st dorsal origin well before anal origin, behind pectoral origin & above or behind tips of pelvics; V spines on first dorsal fin; pelvics inserted closer to pectoral base than anal fin origin; scales vertically elongate; bases of dorsal, anal & pectoral fin rays with scales; large scales under pectoral base & on operculum
This tropical genus, with 11 species, occurs in the tropical west Atlantic and Indian Ocean as well as our region, where a single, endemic species is found.
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References |
- Castro-Aguirre, J.L., 1999., Ictiofauna estuarino-lagunar y vicaria de México., Editorial Limusa S.A. de C.V.: 1-629pp.
- Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
- Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1896., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:1-1240.
- Schomburgk, R. H., 1848., The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions. London., Hist. Barbados, :1-722.
- Schultz, L.P., 1948., A revision of six subfamilies of Atherine fishes, with descriptions of new genera and species., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 98:1-48.
- Whitehead , P. J. P. and Ivantsoff, W., 1983., Atherina lucunosa and the fishes described by J. R. Forster., Japanese J. Ichthyol., 29:355-364.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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