Marine sailfin silverside
The marine sailfin silverside (Kalyptatherina helodes) is a species of sailfin silverside endemic to Indonesia, where it is only known from mangrove swamps around Misool and Batanta Islands. This species grows to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) total length.[1] It is the only known member of its genus.
| Marine sailfin silverside | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Subfamily: | Telmatherininae |
| Genus: | Kalyptatherina Saeed & Ivantsoff, 1991 |
| Species: | K. helodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Kalyptatherina helodes (Ivantsoff & G. R. Allen, 1984) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pseudomugil helodes Ivantsoff & Allen, 1984 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Kalyptatherina helodes" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
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