Australia country information

Common names: Elongate hardyhead, Port Lincoln hardyhead, Prettyfish
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found from Botany Bay, New South Wales (33°53'S) to Ceduna, South Australia (133°41'E) and Yorndee Creek (123°17'E) to Houtman Abrolhos Is., Western Australia (28°49'S) (Ref. 7300, 75154).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sydaustralsk stribefisk, 似翁瘦银汉鱼, Elongate hardyhead, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Atheriniformes (Silversides) > Atherinidae (Silversides) > Atherininae
Etymology: Leptatherina: Greek, leptos = thin + Greek, atherina, the Greek name for the eperlane; 1770 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic. Temperate; 29°S - 40°S

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Leptatherina presbyteroides (Richardson, 1843)

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology