| Odontesthes | |
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| Odontesthes argentinensis in Mar del Plata, Argentina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinopsidae |
| Subfamily: | Atherinopsinae |
| Tribe: | Sorgentinini |
| Genus: | Odontesthes Evermann & Kendall, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Odontesthes perugiae Evermann & Kendall, 1906 | |
Odontesthes is a genus of Neotropical silversides. They are found in fresh, brackish and salt water habitats in the southern half of South America (north to Brazil and Peru), as well as the offshore Juan Fernández and Falkland Islands. Additionally, O. bonariensis has been introduced to other continents.
The different Odontesthes species are generally quite similar in their appearance and some have been known to hybridize. Some are commercially important and the target of fisheries.
Species
Several Odontesthes were formerly included in the genus Basilichthys instead. The currently recognized species of Odontesthes are:
- Odontesthes argentinensis (Valenciennes, 1835)
- Odontesthes bicudo L. R. Malabarba & Dyer, 2002
- Odontesthes bonariensis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Argentinian silverside)
- Odontesthes brevianalis (Günther, 1880)
- Odontesthes crossognathos Juliana M. Wingert, Juliano Ferrer, Mayara P. Neves, Dirceu Baumgartner and L. R. Malabarba, 2022.
- Odontesthes gracilis (Steindachner, 1898)
- Odontesthes hatcheri (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
- Odontesthes humensis F. de Buen, 1953
- Odontesthes incisa (Jenyns, 1841)
- Odontesthes ledae L. R. Malabarba & Dyer, 2002
- Odontesthes mauleanum (Steindachner, 1896)
- Odontesthes mirinensis Bemvenuti, 1996
- Odontesthes nigricans (J. Richardson, 1848)
- Odontesthes orientalis F. de Buen, 1950
- Odontesthes perugiae Evermann & Kendall, 1906
- Odontesthes piquava L. R. Malabarba & Dyer, 2002
- Odontesthes platensis (C. Berg, 1895)
- Odontesthes regia (Humboldt, 1821) (Chilean silverside)
- Odontesthes retropinnis (F. de Buen, 1953)
- Odontesthes smitti (Lahille, 1929)
- Odontesthes wiebrichi (C. H. Eigenmann, 1928) — validity uncertain
- Odontesthes yucuman Wingert, Ferrer & Malabarba, 2017
References
- ITIS.gov
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Odontesthes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- "Odontesthes bonariensis Ecological Risk Screening Summary" (PDF). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- García, G.; N. Ríos; V. Gutiérrez; J.G. Varela; C.B Fernández; B.G. Pardo; P.M. Portela (2014). "Promiscuous Speciation with Gene Flow in Silverside Fish Genus Odontesthes (Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae) from South Western Atlantic Ocean Basins". PLOS ONE. 9 (8): e104659. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j4659G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104659. PMC 4134232. PMID 25126842.
- Mancini, M.; C. Rodriguez; C. Prosperi; V. Salinas; C. Bucco (2006). "Main diseases of pejerrey (Odontesthes bonariensis) in central Argentina". Pesq. Vet. Bras. 26 (4): 205–210. doi:10.1590/S0100-736X2006000400004.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Odontesthes". FishBase. September 2018 version.
- A New Species of Silverside of the Genus Odontesthes, 4 November 2022
- Juliana M. Wingert, Juliano Ferrer, Mayara P. Neves, Dirceu Baumgartner and Luiz R. Malabarba. 2022. A New Species of Silverside of the Genus Odontesthes (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae) with Hypertrophic Lips from a High-Altitude Basin in Southern Brazil. Ichthyology & Herpetology. 110(4):680-689. DOI: 10.1643/i2021136
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