Leptatherina

Leptatherina is a genus of silversides, one freshwater and one marine, native to Australia.

Leptatherina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Subfamily: Atherininae
Genus: Leptatherina
A. Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley, 1988
Type species
Atherina presbyteroides
Richardson, 1843[1]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

  • Leptatherina presbyteroides (J. Richardson, 1843)
  • Leptatherina wallacei (Prince, Ivantsoff & Potter, 1982) (western hardyhead)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Leptatherina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Leptatherina in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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