Atherinomorus

Atherinomorus
Atherinomorus lacunosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinidae
Subfamily:	Atherinomorinae
Genus:	Atherinomorus Fowler, 1903
Type species
Atherina laticeps, a synonym of Atherinomorus stipes Poey, 1860 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Pranesus Whitley, 1930 Thoracatherina Fowler, 1941

Atherinomorus is a genus of silversides in the family Atherinidae. They are found across the Indo-Pacific and one species in the western Atlantic ocean.

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: ^{[3] [4]}

• Atherinomorus crenolepis (Schultz, 1953) (crenulated silverside)
• Atherinomorus endrachtensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Eendracht Land silverside)
• Atherinomorus forskalii (Rüppell, 1838) (Red Sea hardyhead silverside)
• Atherinomorus insularum (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Hawaiian Islands silverside)
• Atherinomorus lacunosus (J. R. Forster, 1801) (Wide-banded hardyhead silverside)
• Atherinomorus pinguis (Lacépède, 1803) (Narrow-banded hardyhead silverside)
• Atherinomorus regina (Seale, 1910) (Culion silverside)
• Atherinomorus stipes (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Hardhead silverside)
• Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Ogilby's hardyhead silverside)

Synonyms

• Atherinomorus lineatus(Günther, 1872); valid as Atherinomorus endrachtensis(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Lined silverside)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherinomorus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 19 July 2019.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Atherinidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 19 July 2019.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Atherinomorus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 May 2025.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Atherinomorus". FishBase . February 2019 version.