Hardyhead silverside
| Hardyhead silverside | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinidae |
| Genus: | Atherinomorus |
| Species: | A. lacunosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Atherinomorus lacunosus (J. R. Forster, 1801) | |
The hardyhead silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus) is a silverside of the family Atherinidae, found in the Indo-Pacific near the surface. Its length is up to 25 cm. The species now also occurs in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal.[1]
A bank of young Atherinomorus lacunosus.
References
- ↑ Rodríguez, G.; Suárez, H. (2001). "Anthropogenic dispersal of decapod crustaceans in aquatic environments". Interciencia. 26 (7): 282–288.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Atherinomorus lacunosus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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