Wide-banded hardyhead silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus)
Image source: Nico K. Michiels | inaturalist.org
General data
- Main name: Wide-banded hardyhead silverside
- Local names: Broad-banded hardyhead, Broad-banded silverside, Capricorn hardyhead, Pitted hardyhead, Robust hardyhead, Robust silverside, Slender hardyhead, Wide-banded hardyhead silverside
- Climates: Tropical, Subtropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania
- Introduced: Europe
- Distribution: Indian ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Classification
- Genus: Atherinomorus - Atherinomorus
- Family: Atherinidae - Old World silverside
- Order: Atheriniformes - Silversides
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes