Craterocephalus is a genus of small and slender brackish or freshwater silversides from Australia and New Guinea. It is the most diverse genus in the family Atherinidae, containing 25 of the 71 species.
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| Craterocephalus eyresii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinidae |
| Subfamily: | Craterocephalinae |
| Genus: | Craterocephalus McCulloch, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Craterocephalus fluviatilis McCulloch, 1912[1]
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Species edit
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Craterocephalus amniculus Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1990 (Darling River hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus capreoli Rendahl (de), 1922 (Rendahl's hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus centralis Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1990 (Finke River hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus cuneiceps Whitley, 1944 (Murchison River hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus dalhousiensis Ivantsoff & Glover, 1974 (Dalhousie hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus eyresii (Steindachner, 1883) (Lake Eyre hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus fistularis Crowley, Ivantsoff & G. R. Allen, 1995
- Craterocephalus fluviatilis McCulloch, 1912 (Murray hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus fulvus Ivantsoff, Crowley & Allen, 1987 (Unspecked hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus gloveri Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1990 (Glover's hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus helenae Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1987 (Drysdale hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus honoriae (J. D. Ogilby, 1912) (estuarine hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus kailolae Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1987 (Kailola's hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus lacustris Trewavas, 1940 (Kutubu hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus laisapi Larson, Ivantsoff & Crowley, 2005
- Craterocephalus lentiginosus Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1987 (Prince Regent hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus marianae Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1987 (Magela hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus marjoriae Whitley, 1948 (Marjorie's hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus mugiloides (McCulloch, 1912) (spotted hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus munroi Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1988 (Munro's hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus nouhuysi (M. C. W. Weber, 1910) (mountain hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus pauciradiatus (Günther, 1861) (few-ray hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus pimatuae Crowley, Ivantsoff & G. R. Allen, 1991 (Pima hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus randi Nichols & Raven, 1934 (Kubuna hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum (Günther, 1867)
- Craterocephalus stramineus (Whitley, 1950) (blackmast or strawman)
References edit
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Craterocephalus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Atherinidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Craterocephalus in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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