| McCulloch's hardyhead | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherionidae |
| Genus: | Atherion |
| Species: | A. maccullochi |
| Binomial name | |
| Atherion maccullochi | |
McCulloch's hardyhead (Atherion maccullochi) is a species of silverside from the family Atherionidae. This species occurs off the coasts of Australia.[1] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Carl Leavitt Hubbs in 1919 from a type locality of Lord Howe Island[2] and the specific name honours the Australian ichthyologist Allan Riverstone McCulloch (1885-1925), who was Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum and who provided Jordan and Hubbs with the type.[3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Atherion mccullochi" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherion mccullochi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ↑ 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 14 July 2019.
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