Odontesthes regia

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 in English as Chilean silverside,[1] Peruvian silverside[1] or sea silverside, and in Spanish as pejerrey[1] or pejerrey de mar.[1]

This is an epipelagic species distributed from the north Pacific coast of Peru to the Aysén Region, in Chile. [2] The species has great economic importance as a fresh staple food. [3] Although the family Atherinopsidae includes 104 species (13 genera), only 17 species have been cytogenetically studied to date; cytogenetic studies in this group are still scarce.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Odontesthes regia" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. (Dyer, 2000).
  3. (Froese & Pauly, 2005).
  4. 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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