Atherinosoma

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: Atherininae
Genus: Atherinosoma
Species: A. elongata – A. microstoma
Name

Atherinosoma Castelnau, 1872

Type species: Atherinosoma vorax Castelnau, 1872, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Pranesella Whitley, 1934
Taeniomembras Ogilby, 1898

References

Castelnau, F. L. (1872) Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.

Links

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

Atherinosoma is a genus of silversides from the coastal waters of south-eastern Australia.[2]
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

Atherinosoma elongata (Klunzinger, 1879) (elongated hardyhead)
Atherinosoma microstoma (Günther, 1861) (small-mouth hardyhead)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherinosoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
Bray, D.J. (2018). "Atherinosoma". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Atherinosoma in FishBase. June 2012 version.