Chirostoma humboldtianum

Chirostoma humboldtianum, the shortfin silverside, is a species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico. It reaches a maximum length of around 20 cm.[1] This species was described as Atherina humboldtiana by Achille Valenciennes in 1835 with a type locality of "Mexico".[2] Valenciennes gave it its specific name in honour of the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859).[3]

Chirostoma humboldtianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Genus: Chirostoma
Species:
C. humboldtianum
Binomial name
Chirostoma humboldtianum
(Valenciennes, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Atherina humboldtiana Valenciennes, 1835
  • Chirostoma regani D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1919
  • Atherina vomerina Valenciennes, 1835
  • Chirostoma ocampoi Álvarez, 1963

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Chirostoma humboldtianum" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherina humboldtiana". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 June 2019.


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