Leptatherina is a genus of silversides, one freshwater and one marine, native to Australia.
| Leptatherina | |
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| Leptatherina wallacei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinidae |
| Subfamily: | Atherininae |
| Genus: | Leptatherina A. Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Atherina presbyteroides Richardson, 1843[1]
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Species
editThe currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Leptatherina presbyteroides (J. Richardson, 1843)
- Leptatherina wallacei (Prince, Ivantsoff & Potter, 1982) (western hardyhead)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Leptatherina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Leptatherina". FishBase. June 2012 version.
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