Paratherina

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Paratherina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Subfamily: Telmatherininae
Genus: Paratherina
Kottelat (ex Aurich), 1990
Type species
Paratherina wolterecki
Aurich, 1935 [1]

Paratherina is a genus of sailfin silversides endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: [2]

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Paratherina wolterecki is a species of fish in the subfamily Telmatherininae, part of the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae. This species is endemic to Lakes Towuti and Mahalona on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It reaches up to 15 cm (5.9 in) in total length. Their environment is pelagic and they live in tropical climates. It has the characteristic of having a mouth pointed upward. The specific name honours the hydrologist and biologist Richard Woltereck (1877-1944), who collected specimens of all four species in the genus Paratherina and who sketched them from life.

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Paratherina". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Paratherina in FishBase . June 2012 version.