Chirostoma humboldtianum, the shortfin silverside, is a species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico. It reaches a maximum length of around 20 cm.[2] This species was described as Atherina humboldtiana by Achille Valenciennes in 1835 with a type locality of "Mexico".[3] Valenciennes gave it its specific name in honour of the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859).[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinopsidae |
| Genus: | Chirostoma |
| Species: | C. humboldtianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Chirostoma humboldtianum (Valenciennes, 1835)
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References
edit- ^ Soto Galera, E. (2019). "Chirostoma humboldtianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191154A1971329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T191154A1971329.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chirostoma humboldtianum". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherina humboldtiana". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
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