Pricklenose silverside | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Atherionidae |
Genus: | Atherion |
Species: | A. africanum
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Binomial name | |
Atherion africanum
J.L.B. Smith, 1965
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The pricklenose silverside (Atherion africanum) is a species of silverside from the family Atherionidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean from India to KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. It is a prey species for many commercially caught larger fish and may be used as bait by fishermen, usually caught at depths of less than 2 metres (6.6 ft). [1] This species was described in 1965 by James Leonard Brierley Smith from a type locality of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. [2] It is distinguished from similar species of silverside within its range by the rough, shagreen-like skin around its snout. [3]
Pricklenose silverside | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Atherionidae |
Genus: | Atherion |
Species: | A. africanum
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Binomial name | |
Atherion africanum
J.L.B. Smith, 1965
|
The pricklenose silverside (Atherion africanum) is a species of silverside from the family Atherionidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean from India to KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. It is a prey species for many commercially caught larger fish and may be used as bait by fishermen, usually caught at depths of less than 2 metres (6.6 ft). [1] This species was described in 1965 by James Leonard Brierley Smith from a type locality of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. [2] It is distinguished from similar species of silverside within its range by the rough, shagreen-like skin around its snout. [3]