- Odontesthes regia
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Odontesthes regia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Teleostei Order: Atheriniformes Family: Atherinopsidae Genus: Odontesthes Species: O. regia Binomial name Odontesthes regia
(Humboldt, 1821)Odontesthes regia is a fish belonging to the Atherinopsidae family, commonly referred to as "pejerrey," "pejerrey marino," or, perhaps more internationally, as the "sea silverside."
This is an epipelagic species distributed from the north Pacific coast of Peru to the Aysen region, in Chile (Dyer, 2000). The species has great economic importance as a fresh staple food (Froese & Pauly, 2005). Although the family Atherinopsidae includes 104 species (13 genera), only 17 species have been cytogenetically studied to date, demonstrating that cytogenetic studies in this group are still scarce.[1]
References
- ^ Carlos Muñoz, Mauro Nirchio, Julio E. Pérez, Ernesto Ron, Claudio Oliveira & Irani A. Ferreira (2006). "Cytogenetic characterization of the silverside fish Odontesthes regia (Humboldt, 1833) (Teleostei: Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae) from Iquique, Chile". Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 41 (1): 57–62. doi:10.4067/S0718-19572006000100008.
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