Atherinidae
Creators: name: Fricke, Ronald
name: Allen, Gerald R.
name: Andréfouët, Serge
name: Chen, Wei-Jen
name: Hamel, Mélanie A.
name: Laboute, Pierre
name: Mana, Ralph
name: Hui, Tan Heok
name: Uyeno, Daisuke
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Atherinidae

description: Atherinidae    Atherinomorus endrachtensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)  —Eendracht silverside   
 STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang as Atherina endrachtensis by Herre (1933: 12); specimen collected by W.-J. Chen in Madang Bay. CAS, NTUM, USNM and WAM material.   
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Philippines and New Guinea east to Solomon Islands, south to northern Australia. Pelagic, schooling along sandy shorelines and reef margins, 0– 4 m. Transitional water and marine.  
  Atherinomorus lacunosus (Bloch & Schneider [ex Forster], 1801)  —Hardyhead silverside   
 STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on specimens observed and photographed at St. CTR 25, CTR 26. Previously reported as Atherina forskali (non Rüppell, 1838) by Herre (1933: 12). AMS and CAS material (AMS I.17069-001; CAS 28228).   
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea, East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Hawaiian and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia) and Rapa, recently immigrated into eastern Mediterranean through Suez Canal. Pelagic, schooling along sandy shorelines and reef margins, 0– 39 m. Transitional water and marine.  
  Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901  —Bearded silverside   
 STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on specimens photographed at St. CTR 29. FRLM and WAM material (WAM P.30118-004) [material identified by Seishi Kimura].   
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Christmas Island (eastern Indian Ocean) east to Caroline Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Pelagic, schooling along sandy shorelines and reef margins, 0– 3 m. Marine.  
  Hypoatherina barnesi Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953  —Barnes' silverside STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on CSIRO material (CSIRO B.2883, B.2889). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Vanuatu, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Schooling inshore, 0– 5 m. Marine.   
  Hypoatherina villosa (Duncker & Mohr, 1926)  —New Guinean silverside   
 STATUS AT MADANG. Reported from Madang as Atherina villosa in original description by Duncker & Mohr (1926: 130); subsequently reported as Atherina temmincki by Herre (1933: 12). The status of this species is uncertain. ZMH material.   
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Papua New Guinea: Madang Lagoon and New Britain, 0– 8 m. Marine.  
  Stenatherina panatela (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)  — Panatela silverside   
 STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on SU material (SU 28229).   
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Fiji. Schooling inshore, 0– 5 m. Marine.
description: Published as part of Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, pp. 1-247 in Zootaxa 3832 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3832.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/250559