Leptatherina

Leptatherina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Genus: Leptatherina
A. Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley, 1988

Leptatherina is a genus of silversides, one freshwater and one marine, native to Australia.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Leptatherina presbyteroides (J. Richardson, 1843)
  • Leptatherina wallacei (Prince, Ivantsoff & Potter, 1982) (western hardyhead)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Leptatherina in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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