Odontesthes regia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Atherinopsidae |
Genus: | Odontesthes |
Species: | O. regia
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Binomial name | |
Odontesthes regia (Humboldt, 1821)
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Odontesthes regia is a fish belonging to the family Atherinopsidae, commonly referred to in English as Chilean silverside,[2] Peruvian silverside[2] or sea silverside, and in Spanish as pejerrey[2] or pejerrey de mar.[2]
This is an epipelagic species distributed from the north Pacific coast of Peru to the Aysén Region, in Chile.[3] The species has great economic importance as a fresh staple food.[2] Although the family Atherinopsidae includes 104 species (13 genera), only 17 species have been cytogenetically studied to date; cytogenetic studies in this group are still scarce.[4]