Odontesthes regia
| Odontesthes regia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinopsidae |
| Genus: | Odontesthes |
| Species: | O. regia |
| Binomial name | |
| Odontesthes regia (Humboldt, 1821) | |
Odontesthes regia is a fish belonging to the Atherinopsidae family, commonly referred to in English as Chilean silverside,[1] Peruvian silverside[1] or sea silverside, and in Spanish as pejerrey[1] or pejerrey de mar.[1]
This is an epipelagic species distributed from the north Pacific coast of Peru to the Aysén Region, in Chile. [2] The species has great economic importance as a fresh staple food. [3] 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.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Odontesthes regia" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ (Dyer, 2000).
- ↑ (Froese & Pauly, 2005).
- ↑ 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.