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Species in the genus Hypoatherina: [ 18 ] records

afra, Atherina Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:436 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Mozambique. Syntypes: ZMB 1893 (1), 23575 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:176 [ref. 19981]. Also described as new in Peters 1855:244 [ref. 13448]. •Valid as Allanetta afra (Peters 1855) -- (Dor 1984:67 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1854) -- (Ivantsoff 1986:383 [ref. 6292], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2136 [ref. 24783], Sasaki & Kimura 2014:22 [ref. 33189]). Current status: Synonym of Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1854). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Habitat: marine.

barnesi, Hypoatherina Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:304, Fig. 47 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Lagoon one half mile off Rongelap Island, Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 140470. Paratypes: FMNH 62602 (2) [formerly USNM 140460], 62603 (2) [formerly USNM 140467]; SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 627 (1); USNM 65749 (16), 140457-59 (200, 1, 33), 140461-66 (2, 14, 13, 103, 220, 107), 140468-69 (13, 18), 140471 (5). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:48 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Hypoatherina barnesi Schultz 1953 -- (Ivantsoff 1986:383 [ref. 6292], Paxton et al. 1989:359 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:16 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:59 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:17 [ref. 25356], Randall et al. 1997:59 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:73 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:113 [ref. 24106], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2133 [ref. 24783], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Ivantsoff in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Paxton et al. 2006:710 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2011:370 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:160 [ref. 31980], Sasaki & Kimura 2012:5, 7 [ref. 32345], Fricke et al. 2014:37 [ref. 33932], Sasaki & Kimura 2014:13 [ref. 33189], Fricke et al. 2018:101 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:44 [ref. 36273], Kimura 2022:332 [ref. 39715], Allen & Erdmann 2024:176 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina barnesi Schultz 1953. Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Cook Islands, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

brachypterus, Atherina Bleeker [P.] 1851:243 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Whereabouts unknown. Treated as a nomen dubium by Sasaki & Kimura 2014:27 [ref. 33189]. •Questionably a senior synonym of Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1854) -- (Kottelat 2013:22 [ref. 32989], Sasaki & Kimura 2014:22 [ref. 33189]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Uncertain as Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1854). Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: marine.

celebesensis, Hypoatherina Sasaki [D.] & Kimura [S.] 2012:348, Fig. 1-2 [Ichthyological Research v. 59 (no. 4); ref. 32279] Winenet Market in Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype: MZB 20079 (formerly FRLM 40162). Paratypes: AMS, BMNH 2012.3.23.1 (1), CAS, FRLM, LBRC-F, MNHN, NSMT-P, RMNH, USNM, ZRC. •Valid as Hypoatherina celebesensis Sasaki & Kimura 2012-- (Sasaki & Kimura 2012:5, 7 [ref. 32345]). •Valid as "Hypoatherina" celebesensis Sasaki & Kimura 2012 -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2014:4 [ref. 33189]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina celebesensis Sasaki & Kimura 2012. Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Singapore, Palau and North Sulawesi and Timor, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

cylindrica, Atherina Klunzinger [C. B.] 1870:834 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 20; ref. 2621] Red Sea. Syntypes [some may be non-types]: BMNH 1871.7.15.37 (1), SMF 1854 (2), SMNS 2772 (3, lost), ZIN 2604 (2), ZMB 8001 (1), ?ZMB 10579 (4). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:176 [ref. 19981], Fricke 1992:5 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:14 [ref. 29864]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Atherina cylindrica Valenciennes 1835, replaced by Atherina gobio Klunzinger 1884. •Synonym of Allanetta afra (Peters 1855) -- (Dor 1984:67 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1854) based on placement of afra and gobio. •Synonym of Hypoatherina gobio (Klunzinger 1870) -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2014:15 [ref. 33189]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1854). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Habitat: marine.

gobio, Atherina Klunzinger [C. B.] 1884:130, Pl. 11 (figs. 4-4a) [Die Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 2625] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Lectotype: BMNH 1871.7.15.37. Paralectotypes: SMNS 2772 (3, lost). Paralectotypes or additional Klunzinger material: BMNH 1871.7.15.37 (1), SMF 1854 (2), SMNS 2772 (3, lost), ZIN 2604 (2), ZMB 8001 (1), ZMB 10579 (4). Type catalog: Fricke 1992:7 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:14 [ref. 29864]. Replacement name for Atherina cylindrica Klunzinger 1870, preoccupied by Atherina cylindrica Valenciennes 1835. Lectotype selected by Sasaki & Kimura 2014:17 [ref. 33189]. •Synonym of Allanetta afra (Peters 1855) -- (Dor 1984:67 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1854) -- (Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2136 [ref. 24783]). •Valid as Hypoatherina gobio (Klunzinger 1884) -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2014:15 [ref. 33189], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[4] 242 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:44 [ref. 36273], Kimura 2022:333 [ref. 39715]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina gobio (Klunzinger 1884). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

golanii, Hypoatherina Sasaki [D.] & Kimura [S.] 2012:1 (104), Figs. 1a, 2a, 3 [Ichthyological Research v. 60; ref. 32345] Eilat Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Holotype: FAKU 118085. Paratypes: Many at AMS, FAKU, HUJ, MNHN, SAIAB, SMNS, USNM. •Valid as Hypoatherina golanii Sasaki & Kimura 2012 -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2014:18 [ref. 33189], DiBattista et al. 2015:19 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[4] 242 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:44 [ref. 36273], Kimura 2022:333 [ref. 39715]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina golanii Sasaki & Kimura 2012. Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba endemic. Habitat: marine.

japonica, Atherina Bleeker [P.] 1853:40, Pl. (figs. 2, 2a-b) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 7); ref. 340] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6376 (1 of 3). Apparently objectively invalid, preoccupied by Atherina japonica Houttuyn 1782; Houttuyn's name was suppressed but not for homonymy. •Synonym of Hypoatherina tsurugae (Jordan & Starks 1901) -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2014:29 [ref. 33189]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Hypoatherina tsurugae (Jordan & Starks 1901). Atherinidae: Atherininae. Habitat: marine.

klunzingeri, Allanetta Smith [J. L. B.] 1965:623, Pl. 100 (fig. D), Fig. 6 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 31; ref. 4135] Inhaca Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 625. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 628-630 (3, 3, 5). •Synonym of Hypoatherina barnesi Schultz 1953 -- (Ivantsoff 1986:383 [ref. 6292], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2133 [ref. 24783]). •Valid as Hypotherina klunzingeri (Smith 1965) -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2014:18 [ref. 33189], Kimura 2022:334 [ref. 39715]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina klunzingeri (Smith 1965). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Mozambique. Habitat: marine.

lunata, Hypoatherina Sasaki [D.] & Kimura [S.] 2012:5 (107), Figs. 1bc. 2b, 3 [Ichthyological Research v. 60; ref. 32345] Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 102549. Paratypes: Many at AMS, BMNH 2012.3.23.2 (1), CAS, KAUM, FAKU, FRLM, KPM-NI, MNHN, NSPT, RMNH-PISC, URM, USNM. •Valid as Hypoatherina lunata Sasaki & Kimura 2012 -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2014:20 [ref. 33189], Furuhashi et al. 2024:10 [ref. 41415]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina lunata Sasaki & Kimura 2012. Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Ryukyu Islands (Japan), southern Japan. Habitat: brackish, marine.

macrophthalma, Hypoatherina Sasaki [D.] & Kimura [S.] 2012:351, Fig. 1-2 [Ichthyological Research v. 59 (no. 4); ref. 32279] Nuguria lagoon, Papua New Guinea. Holotype: URM-P 46882 (removed from URM-P 23004). Paratypes: CAS 44817 (1), 233978 (9), 233979 (1), 233981 (5); URM-P 46883-46898 (16). •Valid as Hypoatherina macrophthalma Sasaki & Kimura 2012 -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2012:5, 7 [ref. 32345]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina macrophthalma Sasaki & Kimura 2012. Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Vietnam, Thailand, Papua New Guinea and Micronesia. Habitat: marine.

ovalaua, Atherina Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:401 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Ovalau Island, Fiji Islands. Holotype: FMNH 17272. Paratypes (20) and non-types (40): FMNH 17273-306 (31 in 6 lots); CAS-SU 24426 (24), 24429 (11); USNM 117318-19 (1, 1), 142910-11 (1, 5). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:65 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:14 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Hypoatherina ovalaua (Herre 1935) -- (Myers 1999:73 [ref. 23965], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2135 [ref. 24783], Ivantsoff in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Myers & Donaldson 2003:615 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:78 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2011:370 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:161 [ref. 31980], Sasaki & Kimura 2012:5, 7 [ref. 32345]), Allen & Erdmann 2024:177 [ref. 40796]. Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina ovalaua (Herre 1935). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea east to Fiji. Habitat: marine.

panatela, Atherina Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1908:243, Fig. 6 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907); ref. 2492] Calayan Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 20203. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:65 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Stenatherina panatela (Jordan & Richardson 1908) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:360 [ref. 12442], Myers 1999:73 [ref. 23965], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2139 [ref. 24783], Ivantsoff in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830] as panatella, Randall 2005:79 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:713 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2011:370 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:162 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:64 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:37 [ref. 33932], Allen & Erdmann 2024:178 [ref. 40796]). •Valid as Hypoatherina panatela (Jordan & Richardson 1908) -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2014:20 [ref. 33189], Fujiwara et al. 2022:2 [ref. 39866]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina panatela (Jordan & Richardson 1908). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: Indonesia east to Fiji and Marshall Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

temminckii, Atherina Bleeker [P.] 1854:506 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 5965] Priaman, Sumatra; Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Neotype: RMNH.PISC 37876 (out of 6372). Syntypes and/or Bleeker specimens: (18) RMNH.PISC. 27921 (1), 6372 (2 of 11); MNHN 0000-0552 (2) Jakarta; USNM 143715 (3), BMNH 1880.4.21.198-199 (2). Neotype designated by Sasaki & Kimura 2014:24 [ref. 33189], •Valid as Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1854) -- (Ivantsoff 1986:383 [ref. 6292], Allen & Swainston 1988:40 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:359 [ref. 12442], Goren & Dor 1994:17 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:85 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:64 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:127 [ref. 23922] as temmincki, Myers 1999:73 [ref. 23965], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2136 [ref. 24783], Ivantsoff in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:97 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830] as temmincki, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:25 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:79 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:710 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2011:370 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:161 [ref. 31980], Sasaki & Kimura 2012:5, 7 [ref. 32345], Larson et al. 2013:64 [ref. 32988] dated 1853, Sasaki & Kimura 2014:24 [ref. 33189], Motomura et al. 2017:63 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:102 [ref. 35805], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:70 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:20 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:76 [ref. 36673], Kimura 2022:334 [ref. 39715], Allen & Erdmann 2024:177 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1854). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Vietnam and southern China, south to Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

tropicalis, Atherinosoma (Taeniomembras) Whitley [G. P.] 1948:87 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 22 (no. 1); ref. 4710] Whitsunday Passage, near Bowen, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IA.1553. •Valid as Hypoatherina tropicalis (Whitley 1948) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:359 [ref. 12442], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2137 [ref. 24783], Johnson 1999:725 [ref. 25471], Paxton et al. 2006:710 [ref. 28995], Allen & Erdmann 2012:161 [ref. 31980], Sakaki & Kimura 2012:7 [ref. 32345], Larson et al. 2013:64 [ref. 32988], Sasaki & Kimura 2014:27 [ref. 33189], Allen & Erdmann 2024:177 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina tropicalis (Whitley 1948). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia) and Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.

tsurugae, Atherina Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1901:202, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1250); ref. 2524] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 6530. Paratypes: (many) CAS-SU 6710 (5), USNM 49816 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:65 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Hypoatherina tsurugae (Jordan & Starks 1901) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:119 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:544 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:544 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:216, 543 [ref. 26218], Sasaki & Kimura 2012:5, 7 [ref. 32345], Sasaki & Kimura 2014:29 [ref. 33189], Kim et al. 2020:79 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:39 [ref. 37637], Fujiwara et al. 2022:88 [ref. 39094], Kai & Gosho 2025:31 [ref. 42505], Toyama et al. 2025:17 [ref. 42086]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina tsurugae (Jordan & Starks 1901). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Korea and Japan. IUCN (2025): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.

uisila, Atherina Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:216, Fig. 23 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51726. Paratypes: AMS I.7386 (2); CAS-SU 8677 (6 of 15); USNM 126300 (18 of 20), and 405540 [ex 126300], 405542 [ex 126300] (5), and 405542 [ex 51762] (5). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:65 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1854) -- (Ivantsoff & Crowley 1999:2136 [ref. 24783], Paxton et al. 2006:710 [ref. 28995]). •Valid as Hypoatherina uisila (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Sasaki & Kimura 2014:31 [ref. 33189]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina uisila (Jordan & Seale 1906). Atherinidae: Atherinomorinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Solomon Island. Habitat: marine.

villosa, Atherina Duncker [G.] & Mohr [E.] 1926:135, Fig. 10 [Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg. v. 42; ref. 15585] New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Lectotype: ZMH H151. Paralectotypes: ZMH H152 (2), H153 (4). Type catalog: Ladiges et al. 1958:163 [ref. 19181]. Lectotype selected by Ladiges et al. 1958:163 [ref. 19181]. •Valid as Hypoatherina villosa (Duncker & Mohr 1926) -- (Fricke et al. 2014:37 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid as Hypoatherina villosa (Duncker & Mohr 1926). Atherinidae: Atherininae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Madang Lagoon and New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.