Odontesthes regia

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Odontesthes regia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Genus: Odontesthes
Species:
O. regia
Binomial name
Odontesthes regia
(Humboldt, 1821)
Synonyms [2]
  • Atherina regiaHumboldt, 1821
  • Austromenidia regia(Humboldt, 1821)
  • Atherina laticlavia Valenciennes, 1835
  • Austromenidia laticlava(Valenciennes, 1835)
  • Chirostoma affine Steindachner, 1898
  • Basilichthys regillus Abbott, 1899
  • Cauque regillus(Abbott, 1899)
  • Odontesthes regillus(Abbott, 1899)
  • Basilichthys jordaniAbbott, 1899
  • Basilichthys octaviusAbbott, 1899

Odontesthes regia is a fish belonging to the family Atherinopsidae, commonly referred to in English as Chilean silverside, [2] Peruvian silverside [2] or sea silverside, and in Spanish as pejerrey [2] or pejerrey de mar. [2]

This is an epipelagic species distributed from the north Pacific coast of Peru to the Aysén Region, in Chile. [3] The species has great economic importance as a fresh staple food. [2] Although the family Atherinopsidae includes 104 species (13 genera), only 17 species have been cytogenetically studied to date; cytogenetic studies in this group are still scarce. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Reis, R.; Lima, F. (2009). "Odontesthes regia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T167710A6371187. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T167710A6371187.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Odontesthes regia April". FishBase .
  3. ↑ Dyer, B. S. (2000). "Revision sistematica de los pejerreyes de Chile (Teleostei, Atheriniformes) (Systematic review of the silverside fishes of Chile (Teleostei, Atheriniformes)])". Estudios Oceanologicos (in Spanish). 19: 99–127.
  4. ↑ Carlos Muñoz; Mauro Nirchio; Julio E. Pérez; Ernesto Ron; Claudio Oliveira; Irani A. Ferreira (2006). "Cytogenetic characterization of the silverside fish Odontesthes regia (Humboldt, 1833) (Teleostei: Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae) from Iquique, Chile". Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 41 (1): 57–62. doi: 10.4067/S0718-19572006000100008 . hdl: 11449/68985 .


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