Hardyhead silverside

Hardyhead silverside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Genus: Atherinomorus
Species:
A. lacunosus
Binomial name
Atherinomorus lacunosus
Synonyms[2]
  • Atherina lacunosa Forster, 1801
  • Atherinomorus lacunosa (Forster, 1801)
  • Pranesus lacunosus (Forster, 1801)
  • Atherina affinis Bennett, 1832
  • Atherina punctata Bennett, 1833
  • Atherina morrisi Jordan & Starks, 1906
  • Atherion morrisi (Jordan & Starks, 1906)
  • Hepsetia morrisi (Jordan & Starks, 1906)
  • Pranesus morrisi (Jordan & Starks, 1906)
  • Pranesus capricornensis Woodland, 1961
  • Atherinomorus capricornensis (Woodland, 1961)
  • Pranesus maculatus Taylor, 1964

The hardyhead silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus), also known as the broad-banded hardyhead, broad-banded silverside, Capricorn hardyhead, pitted hardyhead, robust hardyhead, robust silverside, slender hardyhead and wide-banded hardyhead silverside, is a silverside of the family Atherinidae. It occurs in the Indo-Pacific near the surface as well as in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal.

A bank of young Atherinomorus lacunosus.
  1. ^ Monroe, T. & Feary, D. (2015). "Atherinomorus lacunosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T18123573A56972262. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Synonyms of Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801)". Fishbase. Retrieved 17 March 2017.