Atherina breviceps

Atherina breviceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Atherinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Atheriniformes Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Atherinidae
Subfamilia: Atherininae
Genus: Atherina
Species: Atherina breviceps

Name

Atherina breviceps Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835

Synonyms

• Atherina parvipinnis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
• Hepsetia breviceps (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835)

Links

• Atherina breviceps in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Atherina breviceps – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Cape silverside
español: Pejerrey del Cabo
français: Athérine du Cap
українська: Атерина мисова
中文: 短頭真銀漢魚

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