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Atherina (friars)

Synonyms: Athaerina; Atherinus; Hapsetia; Hepsetia

Wikipedia Abstract

Atherina is a genus of fish of silverside family Atherinidae, found in the temperate and tropic zones. Up to 15 cm long, they are widespread in the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Sea of Azov in lagoons and estuaries. It comes to the low stream of the Dnieper, Southern Bug, Dniester and Danube Rivers.
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Species

Atherina argyrotaeniata
Atherina atropatiensis
Atherina bonasicosi
Atherina boyeri (Big-scale sand smelt) (Attributes)
Atherina brachypterus
Atherina breviceps (Cape silverside)
Atherina carnevalei
Atherina carolina
Atherina coroneda
Atherina hepsetus (sand smelt)
Atherina japonica
Atherina lattarina
Atherina lopeziana (Sand smelt)
Atherina macrocephala
Atherina macrophthalma
Atherina melanostigma
Atherina nunnata
Atherina pellucida
Atherina presbyter (common sand smelt) (Attributes)
Atherina punctata
Atherina regia
Atherina spec
Atherina swampina
Atherina taeniata
Atherina togar
Atherina voeltzkowi
Otolithus gidjakensis

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0