''Paratherina'' is a genus of

sailfin silverside The Telmatherinidae, the sail-fin silversides are a family of atheriniform fish, inhabiting fresh and brackish water. All but the species '' Kalyptatherina helodes'' are restricted to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also kno ...

s in the family Melanotaeniidae which

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to the

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

n island of

Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

. There are four described species in this genus.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Paratherina cyanea''

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, 1935 * '' Paratherina labiosa'' Aurich, 1935 * '' Paratherina striata'' Aurich, 1935 * '' Paratherina wolterecki'' Aurich, 1935

References

Telmatherininae Freshwater fish of Sulawesi Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Atheriniformes-stub