Hypoatherina
Genus of fishes
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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 | |
|---|---|
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| Barnes' silverside, Maldives | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinidae |
| Subfamily: | Atherinomorinae |
| Genus: | Hypoatherina L. P. Schultz, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| Atherina uisila | |
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Hypoatherina barnesi L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Barnes' silverside)
- Hypoatherina celebesensis D. Sasaki & Kimura, 2012[3] (Sulawesi silverside)
- Hypoatherina gobio (Klunzinger, 1884)
- Hypoatherina golanii D. Sasaki & Kimura, 2012[4] (Red Sea silverside)
- Hypoatherina klunzingeri (Smith, 1965)
- Hypoatherina lunata D. Sasaki & Kimura, 2012[4] (Okinawan silverside)
- Hypoatherina macrophthalma D. Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 [3]
- Hypoatherina ovalaua (Herre, 1935) (Fijian silverside)
- Hypoatherina panatela (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908) (panatela silverside)
- Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854) (Samoan silverside)
- Hypoatherina tropicalis (Whitley, 1948) (Whitley's silverside)
- Hypoatherina tsurugae (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1901) (Cobalt silverside)
- Hypoatherina uisila (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Pacific silverside)
- Hypoatherina villosa (Duncker & Mohr, 1926)
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,[5] other authorities include these species within Hypoatherina and place H. crenolepsis, H. harringtonensis, H. ovalaua in the genus Atherina and H. valencennei in Doboatherina.[2][6]
