Hardyhead silverside

Hardyhead silverside
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinidae
Genus:	Atherinomorus
Species:	A. lacunosus
Binomial name
	Atherinomorus lacunosus; (J. R. Forster, 1801)
Synonyms
	Atherina lacunosa Forster, 1801 ; Atherinomorus lacunosa (Forster, 1801) ; Pranesus lacunosus (Forster, 1801) ; Atherina affinis Bennett, 1832 ; Atherina punctata Bennett, 1833 ; Atherina morrisi Jordan & Starks, 1906 ; Atherion morrisi (Jordan & Starks, 1906) ; Hepsetia morrisi (Jordan & Starks, 1906) ; Pranesus morrisi (Jordan & Starks, 1906) ; Pranesus capricornensis Woodland, 1961 ; Atherinomorus capricornensis (Woodland, 1961) ; Pranesus maculatus Taylor, 1964 ;

The hardyhead silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus), also known as the broad-banded hardyhead, broad-banded silverside, Capricorn hardyhead, pitted hardyhead, robust hardyhead, robust silverside, slender hardyhead and wide-banded hardyhead silverside, is a silverside of the family Atherinidae. It occurs in the Indo-Pacific near the surface as well as in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal.

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