Hypoatherina is a genus of silversides in the family Atherinidae. There are found in the tropical habitats of Indian and Pacific to the western Atlantic Ocean.

Hypoatherina
Barnes' silverside, Maldives
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Subfamily: Atherinomorinae
Genus: Hypoatherina
L. P. Schultz, 1948
Type species
Atherina uisila
Jordan & Seale, 1906[1]

Species

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There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Fishbase has H. gobio as a synonym of H. temminckii and H. klunzingeri as a synonym of H. barnesi, while H. panatela is listed as Stenatherina panatela,[2] other authorities include these species within Hypoatherina and place H. crenolepsis, H. harringtonensis, H. ovalua and H. valencennei in the genus Atherina.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hypoatherina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hypoatherina". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ a b Sasaki, D. & Kimura, S. (2012): Two new silversides, Hypoatherina celebesensis and Hypoatherina macrophthalma, from the western Pacific (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae). Ichthyological Research, 59 (4): 347–353.
  4. ^ a b Sasaki, D. & Kimura, S. (2012): Descriptions of two new silversides, Hypoatherina golanii and Hypoatherina lunata, from the Indo-West Pacific (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae). Ichthyological Research, 60 (2): 103–111.
  5. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). Hypoatherina "Species in the genus 'Hypoatherina'". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. ^ Sasaki D.; Kimura S. (2014). "Taxonomic review of the genus Hypoatherina Schultz 1948 (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae)". Ichthyological Research. 61 (3): 207–241. doi:10.1007/s10228-014-0391-1. S2CID 1793886.