Leptatherina
Genus of fishes
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Leptatherina is a genus of silversides, one freshwater and one marine, native to Australia.
| Leptatherina | |
|---|---|
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| Leptatherina wallacei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Leptatherina presbyteroides (J. Richardson, 1843)
- Leptatherina wallacei (Prince, Ivantsoff & Potter, 1982) (western hardyhead)
