Kestratherina

Kestratherina is a genus of silversides endemic to the eastern Indian Ocean off southern Australia.

Kestratherina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Subfamily: Atherininae
Genus: Kestratherina
A. Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley, 1988
Type species
Atherinichthys esox
Klunzinger, 1872[1]

Species

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

  • Kestratherina brevirostris (A. Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley, 1988) (short-snout hardyhead)
  • Kestratherina esox (Klunzinger, 1872) (pikehead hardyhead)

References

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


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