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Odontesthes regia

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Species of fish

Odontesthes regia
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Genus: Odontesthes
Species: O. regia
Binomial name
Odontesthes regia
(Humboldt, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Atherina regia Humboldt, 1821
  • Austromenidia regia (Humboldt, 1821)
  • Atherina laticlavia Valenciennes, 1835
  • Austromenidia laticlava (Valenciennes, 1835)
  • Chirostoma affine Steindachner, 1898
  • Basilichthys regillus Abbott, 1899
  • Cauque regillus (Abbott, 1899)
  • Odontesthes regillus (Abbott, 1899)
  • Basilichthys jordani Abbott, 1899
  • Basilichthys octavius Abbott, 1899

Odontesthes regia is a fish belonging to the family Atherinopsidae, commonly referred to in English as Chilean silverside, Peruvian silverside or sea silverside, and in Spanish as pejerrey or pejerrey de mar.

This is an epipelagic species distributed from the north Pacific coast of Peru to the Aysén Region, in Chile. The species has great economic importance as a fresh staple food. Although the family Atherinopsidae includes 104 species (13 genera), only 17 species have been cytogenetically studied to date; cytogenetic studies in this group are still scarce.

References

  1. Reis, R.; Lima, F. (2009). "Odontesthes regia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T167710A6371187. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T167710A6371187.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Odontesthes regia April". FishBase.
  3. Dyer, B. S. (2000). "Revision sistematica de los pejerreyes de Chile (Teleostei, Atheriniformes) (Systematic review of the silverside fishes of Chile (Teleostei, Atheriniformes)])". Estudios Oceanologicos (in Spanish). 19: 99–127.
  4. Carlos Muñoz; Mauro Nirchio; Julio E. Pérez; Ernesto Ron; Claudio Oliveira; Irani A. Ferreira (2006). "Cytogenetic characterization of the silverside fish Odontesthes regia (Humboldt, 1833) (Teleostei: Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae) from Iquique, Chile". Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 41 (1): 57–62. doi:10.4067/S0718-19572006000100008. hdl:11449/68985.
Taxon identifiers
Odontesthes regia


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