Hardyhead silverside

Hardyhead silverside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Genus: Atherinomorus
Species: A. lacunosus
Binomial name
Atherinomorus lacunosus
(J. R. Forster, 1801)

The hardyhead silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus) is a silverside of the family Atherinidae, found in the Indo-Pacific near the surface. Its length is up to 25 cm. The species now also occurs in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal.[1]

A bank of young Atherinomorus lacunosus.

References

  1. Rodríguez, G.; Suárez, H. (2001). "Anthropogenic dispersal of decapod crustaceans in aquatic environments". Interciencia. 26 (7): 282–288.
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