Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae Silversides
Subfamily: Atherinomorinae
Genus: Atherinomorus

(See list of species below)


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9 species (see list below)
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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm SL
Atherinomorus endrachtensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

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Atherinomorus endrachtensis
[Eendracht Land silverside]

Photo by Bariche, M.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 13.3 cm SL
Atherinomorus forskalii (Rüppell, 1838)

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Atherinomorus forskalii
[Red Sea hardyhead silverside]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 9.8 cm FL
Atherinomorus insularum (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)

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Atherinomorus insularum
[Hawaiian Islands silverside]

Photo by Greenfield, J.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801)

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Atherinomorus lacunosus
[Hardyhead silverside]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
Atherinomorus lineatus (Günther, 1872)

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Atherinomorus lineatus
[Lined silverside]
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Max. Length 13.6 cm SL
 
Atherinomorus pinguis
[Narrow-banded hardyhead silverside]

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Atherinomorus regina (Seale, 1910)

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Atherinomorus regina
[Culion silverside]

Photo by Modder, T.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Atherinomorus stipes (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

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Atherinomorus stipes
[Hardhead silverside]

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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

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Atherinomorus vaigiensis
[Ogilby's hardyhead]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Atherinomorus endrachtensis Eendracht Land silverside Western Central Pacific 9 SL 1825
Atherinomorus forskalii Red Sea hardyhead silverside Western Indian Ocean 13.3 SL 1838
Atherinomorus insularum Hawaiian Islands silverside Eastern Central Pacific 9.8 FL 1903
Atherinomorus lacunosus Hardyhead silverside Indo-Pacific 25 TL 1801
Atherinomorus lineatus Lined silverside Western Central Pacific 7.5 TL 1872
Atherinomorus pinguis Narrow-banded hardyhead silverside Indo-West Pacific, widely 13.6 SL 1803
Atherinomorus regina Culion silverside Western Pacific 7 TL 1910
Atherinomorus stipes Hardhead silverside Western Atlantic 10 TL 1848
Atherinomorus vaigiensis Ogilby's hardyhead Indo-West Pacific 17 TL 1825



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