Melanorhinus

Melanorhinus is a genus of Neotropical silversides (fish) from the Caribbean Sea and Bahamas.

Melanorhinus
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Melanorhinus

Metzelaar, 1919

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Melanorhinus boekei Metzelaar, 1919 (St. Maarten pejerry)
  • Melanorhinus cyanellus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) (Blackback silverside)
  • Melanorhinus microps (Poey, 1860) (Querimana silverside)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Melanorhinus in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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