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Atherinosoma

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Atherinosoma is a genus of silversides from the coastal waters of south-eastern Australia.

Species

Smallmouth Hardyhead

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderAtheriniformes
  5. FamilyAtherinidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations55
Observations recorded13,843

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
274
With media
2
Family
Atherinidae
Collections
NMV, SIO, USNM
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Atherininae
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taxon name
Atherinosoma
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Atherinosoma
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Encyclopedic overview

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Atherinosoma is a genus of silversides from the coastal waters of south-eastern Australia.

==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are: Atherinosoma elongata (Klunzinger, 1879) (elongated hardyhead) Atherinosoma microstoma (Günther, 1861) (small-mouth hardyhead)

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