Big-scale sand smelt

Big-scale sand smelt
Big-scale sand smelt from the offshore of Sardinia, Italy
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Genus: Atherina
Species:
A. boyeri
Binomial name
Atherina boyeri
A. Risso, 1810
Synonyms
  • Atherina anterina Nardo, 1847
  • Atherina mochon Cuvier, 1829
  • Hepsetia mochon (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Atherina caspia Eichwald, 1831
  • Atherina pontica Eichwald, 1831
  • Atherina risso Valenciennes, 1835
  • Atherina sarda Valenciennes, 1835
  • Atherina lacustris Bonaparte, 1836
  • Atherina anterina Nardo, 1847
  • Atherina rissoi Günther, 1861
  • Atherina hyalosoma Cocco, 1885
  • Atherina riqueti Roule, 1902
  • Atherina sardinella Fowler, 1903
  • Atherina bonapartii Boulenger, 1907

The big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri) is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. It is a euryhaline amphidromous fish, up to 20 cm in length.

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