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Marine sailfin silverside

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Marine sailfin silverside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Subfamily: Telmatherininae
Genus: Kalyptatherina
Saeed & Ivantsoff, 1991
Species:
K. helodes
Binomial name
Kalyptatherina helodes
(Ivantsoff & G. R. Allen, 1984)
Synonyms

Pseudomugil helodes Ivantsoff & Allen, 1984

The marine sailfin silverside (Kalyptatherina helodes) is a species of sailfin silverside endemic to Indonesia, where it is only known from mangrove swamps around Misool and Batanta Islands. This species grows to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) total length.[1] It is the only known member of its genus.

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kalyptatherina helodes". FishBase. February 2019 version.