Odontesthes gracilis is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. It is endemic to the Juan Fernandez Islands off Chile. It occurs around the mouths of caves, in inlets and around piers.[2] This is a species which can be found in freshwater, brackish and marine waters. This species was described as Chirostoma gracile in 1898 by Franz Steindachner with the type locality given as Más a Tierra.[3]

Odontesthes gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae
Genus: Odontesthes
Species:
O. gracilis
Binomial name
Odontesthes gracilis
(Steindachner, 1898)
Synonyms[2]
  • Chirostoma gracile Steindachner, 1898
  • Atherinichthys gracilis (Steindachner, 1898)
  • Austromenidia gracilis (Steindachner, 1898)
  • Basilichthys gracilis (Steindachner, 1898)

Sources edit

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Austromenidia gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2429A9438632. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2429A9438632.en.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Odontesthes gracilis" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Chirostoma gracile". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 July 2019.