Odontesthes bonariensis

Odontesthes bonariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Genus: Odontesthes
Species:
O. bonariensis
Binomial name
Odontesthes bonariensis
(Valenciennes, 1835)
Synonyms[2]
  • Atherina bonariensis Valenciennes, 1835
  • Basilichthys bonariensis (Valenciennes, 1835)
  • Atherina lichtensteinii Valenciennes, 1835
  • Basilichthys chascomunensis Lahille, 1929
  • Basilichthys puntanus Lahille, 1929

Odontesthes bonariensis is a species of Neotropical silverside, an euryhaline fish native to fresh, brackish and salt water in south-central and southeastern South America, but also introduced elsewhere.[2][3] It is often known by the common name Argentinian silverside[1] or pejerrey (the latter is of Spanish origin, meaning "king fish," the Latin piscis given rise to "pez," fish, and "peje," a kind of fish, and "rey," king),[4] but it is not the only species of silverside in Uruguay and Argentina and pejerrey is also used for many other silversides.[5][6] It is a commercially important species and the target of major fisheries.[4][7]

O. bonariensis resembles the other species in the genus Odontesthes,[8] but it is larger, generally reaching up to 50 cm (1.6 ft) in total length,[9] and exceptionally as much as 82 cm (2.7 ft) long and 5.2 kg (11 lb 7 oz) in weight (reports of even larger are unconfirmed and questionable).[10]

  1. ^ a b Frederico, R.G. (2022). "Odontesthes bonariensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T186711A1817222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T186711A1817222.en. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Odontesthes bonariensis". FishBase. September 2018 version.
  3. ^ Avigliano, A.; A.V. Volpedo (2013). "Actinopterygii, Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae, Odontesthes bonariensis Valenciennes, 1835: New records for the Plata Basin, Argentina". Check List. 9 (3): 640–641. doi:10.15560/9.3.640. hdl:11336/26191.
  4. ^ a b "Odontesthes bonariensis Ecological Risk Screening Summary" (PDF). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. ^ "List of Common Names for Pejerrey". FishBase. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  6. ^ Liotta, J. (2005). Distribución geográfica de los peces de aguas continentales de la República Argentina (in Spanish). La Plata, Argentina, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. pp. 537–544.
  7. ^ Mancini, M.; C. Rodriguez; C. Prosperi; V. Salinas; C. Bucco (2006). "Main diseases of pejerrey (Odontesthes bonariensis) in central Argentina". Pesq. Vet. Bras. 26 (4): 205–210. doi:10.1590/S0100-736X2006000400004.
  8. ^ García, G.; N. Ríos; V. Gutiérrez; J.G. Varela; C.B Fernández; B.G. Pardo; P.M. Portela (2014). "Promiscuous Speciation with Gene Flow in Silverside Fish Genus Odontesthes (Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae) from South Western Atlantic Ocean Basins". PLOS ONE. 9 (8): e104659. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j4659G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104659. PMC 4134232. PMID 25126842.
  9. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Odontesthes". FishBase. September 2018 version.
  10. ^ "Odontesthes bonariensis". fishing-worldrecords.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018.