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Atherinidae

Atherinidae

Taxonomía
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Clase: Actinopterygii
Orden: Atheriniformes
Familia: Atherinidae
Risso, 1827
Géneros

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Los tinícalos (Atherinidae) es una familia de peces marinos y de río incluida en el orden Atheriniformes. Se distribuyen tanto por aguas templadas como tropicales, la mayoría son especies de río que se alimentan de zooplancton.[1]

Tienen dos aletas dorsales ampliamente separadas, la primera con espinas flexibles y la segunda con una espina seguida de radios blandos al igual que la aleta anal, las aletas pectorales situadas en posición alta en el cuerpo.[1]​ Boca pequeña y terminal, no presentando línea lateral pero sí una banda lateral amplia de color plateado (que se vuelve oscura en especímenes preservados),[1]

Géneros

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Se reconocen los siguientes géneros agrupados en cuatro subfamilias:

  • Subfamilia Atherininae:
    • Atherina (Linnaeus, 1758) (5 especies)
    • Atherinason (Whitley, 1934) (monotípico)
    • Atherinosoma (Castelnau, 1872) (2 especies)
    • Kestratherina (Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley, 1988) (2 especies)
    • Leptatherina (Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley, 1988) (2 especies)
  • Subfamilia Atherinomorinae:
  • Subfamilia Bleheratherininae:
    • Bleheratherina (monotípico)
  • Subfamilia Craterocephalinae:
    • Craterocephalus (McCulloch, 1912) (25 especies)
    • Sashatherina (monotípico)

Referencias

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  1. a b c Dyer, B.S. and B. Chernoff, 1996. Phylogenetic relationships among atheriniform fishes (Teleostei: Atherinomorpha). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 117:1-69.

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