''Atherinosoma'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
silversides from the coastal waters of south-eastern Australia.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Atherinosoma elongata''
( Klunzinger, 1879) (elongated hardyhead)
* ''
Atherinosoma microstoma''
( Günther, 1861) (small-mouth hardyhead)
References
Atherininae
Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
Ray-finned fish genera
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