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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae Silversides
Subfamily: Atherininae
Genus: Leptatherina

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Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Leptatherina presbyteroides (Richardson, 1843)
Photo by Good, P.
 
Leptatherina presbyteroides
[Silver fish]
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Max. Length 7 cm SL
 
Leptatherina wallacei
[Western hardyhead]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Leptatherina presbyteroides Silver fish Southwest Pacific 11 TL 1843
Leptatherina wallacei Western hardyhead Oceania 7 SL 1982



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