Labidesthes

Labidesthes is a genus of Neotropical silverside found in Gulf of Mexico drainages (including the Brazos River, Mississippi River, Neches River, Pearl River), east around the southern tip of peninsular Florida and north to the Pee Dee River drainage and the Great Lakes (excluding Lake Superior)- St-Lawrence River drainages.[2]

Labidesthes
Labidesthes sicculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Tribe: Mendiniini
Genus: Labidesthes
Cope, 1870
Type species
Chirostoma sicculum
Cope, 1865[1]

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Labidesthes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  2. Werneke, D.C. & Armbruster, J.W. (2015). "Silversides of the genus Labidesthes (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4032 (5): 535–550.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Labidesthes in FishBase. April 2019 version.


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