Wide-banded hardyhead silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus)
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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, Hardyhead silverside, Slender hardyhead, Sandsmelt, Hardyhead silverside, Hardyhead, Capricorn hardyhead, Broad-banded hardyhead
- Climates: Tropical, Subtropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania
- Introduced: Europe
- Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Indian ocean
Classification
- Genus: Atherinomorus - Atherinomorus
- Family: Atherinidae - Old World silverside
- Order: Atheriniformes - Silversides
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes