WoRMS name details
Atherion africanus Smith, 1965
217881 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217881)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, J. L. B. (1965). Fishes of the family Atherinidae of the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean with a new freshwater genus and species from Madagascar. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 31: 601-632, Pls. 98-102. [details]
Description Usually seined offshore in depths of less than 2 m. Due to its small size, it is of no value except used as food for larger...
Description Usually seined offshore in depths of less than 2 m. Due to its small size, it is of no value except used as food for larger commercial species and possibly as bait. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Atherion africanus Smith, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217881 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, J. L. B. (1965). Fishes of the family Atherinidae of the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean with a new freshwater genus and species from Madagascar. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 31: 601-632, Pls. 98-102. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Usually seined offshore in depths of less than 2 m. Due to its small size, it is of no value except used as food for larger commercial species and possibly as bait. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pricklenose silverside | [details] |
