Odontesthes gracilis is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. It is endemic to the Juan Fernandez Islands off Chile. It occurs around the mouths of caves, in inlets and around piers.[2] This is a species which can be found in freshwater, brackish and marine waters. This species was described as Chirostoma gracile in 1898 by Franz Steindachner with the type locality given as Más a Tierra.[3]
| Odontesthes gracilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinopsidae |
| Genus: | Odontesthes |
| Species: | O. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Odontesthes gracilis (Steindachner, 1898)
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Sources
edit- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Austromenidia gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2429A9438632. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2429A9438632.en.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Odontesthes gracilis". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Chirostoma gracile". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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