Atherinomorus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Atheriniformes
Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Atherinidae
Subfamilia: Atherinomorinae
Genus: Atherinomorus
Species: A. aetholepis – A. capricornensis – A. duodecimalis – A. endrachtensis – A. insularum – A. lacunosus – A. regina – A. stipes – A. vaigiensis
Name

Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903

Gender: masculine

Type species: Atherina laticeps Poey, 1860, by original designation and by monotypy.
Synonyms

Thoracatherina Fowler, 1941
Pranesus Whitley, 1930

References

Fowler, H. W. (1903) Descriptions of new, little known, and typical Atherinidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 55: 727–742, Pls. 41-44.

Links

Atherinomorus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Atherinomorus is a genus of silversides in the family Atherinidae.
Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[3]

Atherinomorus aetholepis Kimura, Iwatsuki & Yoshino, 2002 (Spatular-scale silverside)
Atherinomorus balabacensis (Seale, 1910)
Atherinomorus capricornensis (Woodland, 1961)
Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Tropical silverside)
Atherinomorus endrachtensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Eendracht Land silverside)
Atherinomorus forskalii (Rüppell, 1838) (Red Sea hardyhead silverside)
Atherinomorus insularum (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Hawaiian Islands silverside)
Atherinomorus lacunosus (J. R. Forster, 1801) (Wide-banded hardyhead silverside)
Atherinomorus lineatus (Günther, 1872) (Lined silverside)
Atherinomorus pinguis (Lacépède, 1803) (Narrow-banded hardyhead silverside)
Atherinomorus regina (Seale, 1910) (Culion silverside)
Atherinomorus stipes (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Hardy-head silverside)
Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Ogilby's hardyhead silverside)

Atherinomorus crenolepis is included in this genus by some authorities[4] but Fishbase covers this species as Hypoatherina crenolepis.[5]
References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherinomorus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Atherinidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Atherinomorus in FishBase. February 2019 version.
Sasaki, D. & Kimura, S. (2014). "Taxonomic review of the genus Hypoatherina Schultz 1948 (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae)". Ichthyological Research. 61 (3): 207–241.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Hypoatherina crenolepis" in FishBase. February 2019 version.