# Hypoatherina

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Hypoatherina barnesi.jpg
| image_caption = Barnes' silverside, Maldives
| taxon = Hypoatherina
| authority = [L. P. Schultz](/source/Leonard_Peter_Schultz), 1948
| type_species = ''Atherina uisila''
| type_species_authority = [Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & Seale, 1906<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=6689|title=''Hypoatherina''|access-date=20 July 2019}}</ref>
}}

'''''Hypoatherina''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [silversides](/source/old_world_silverside) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Atherinidae](/source/Atherinidae). There are found in the tropical habitats of [Indian](/source/Indian_Ocean) and [Pacific](/source/Pacific_Ocean) to the western [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) Ocean.

==Species==
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:<ref name = CofFGenus>{{Cof genus | Hypoatherina | access-date=25 May 2025}}</ref>
* ''[Hypoatherina barnesi](/source/Hypoatherina_barnesi)'' <small>[L. P. Schultz](/source/Leonard_Peter_Schultz), 1953</small> (Barnes' silverside)
* ''[Hypoatherina celebesensis](/source/Hypoatherina_celebesensis)'' <small>[D. Sasaki](/source/Daichi_Sasaki_(biology)) & [Kimura](/source/Seishi_Kimura), 2012</small><ref name=Sasaki2012a>{{cite journal|author=Sasaki, D. |author2= Kimura, S. |year=2012|title= Two new silversides, ''Hypoatherina celebesensis'' and ''Hypoatherina macrophthalma'', from the western Pacific (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae)|journal=Ichthyological Research|volume= 59 |issue=4|pages= 347–353|doi= 10.1007/s10228-012-0299-6 |bibcode= 2012IchtR..59..347S }}</ref> (Sulawesi silverside)
* ''[Hypoatherina gobio](/source/Hypoatherina_gobio)'' <small>(Klunzinger, 1884)</small>
* ''[Hypoatherina golanii](/source/Hypoatherina_golanii)'' <small>D. Sasaki & Kimura, 2012</small><ref name=Sasaki2012b>{{cite journal|author=Sasaki, D. |author2= Kimura, S. |year=2012|title= Descriptions of two new silversides, ''Hypoatherina golanii'' and ''Hypoatherina lunata'', from the Indo-West Pacific (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae)|journal=Ichthyological Research|volume= 60 |issue=2|pages= 103–111|doi= 10.1007/s10228-012-0318-7 }}</ref> (Red Sea silverside) 
* ''[Hypoatherina klunzingeri](/source/Hypoatherina_klunzingeri)'' <small>(Smith, 1965)</small>
* ''[Hypoatherina lunata](/source/Hypoatherina_lunata)'' <small>D. Sasaki & Kimura, 2012</small><ref name=Sasaki2012b/> (Okinawan silverside) 
* ''[Hypoatherina macrophthalma](/source/Hypoatherina_macrophthalma)'' <small>D. Sasaki & Kimura, 2012</small> <ref name=Sasaki2012a/>
* ''[Hypoatherina ovalaua](/source/Hypoatherina_ovalaua)'' <small>([Herre](/source/Albert_William_Herre), 1935)</small> (Fijian silverside)
* ''[Hypoatherina panatela](/source/Hypoatherina_panatela)'' <small>([D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [R. E. Richardson](/source/Robert_Earl_Richardson), 1908)</small> (panatela silverside)
* ''[Hypoatherina temminckii](/source/Hypoatherina_temminckii)'' <small>([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1854)</small> (Samoan silverside)
* ''[Hypoatherina tropicalis](/source/Hypoatherina_tropicalis)'' <small>([Whitley](/source/Gilbert_Percy_Whitley), 1948)</small> (Whitley's silverside)
* ''[Hypoatherina tsurugae](/source/Hypoatherina_tsurugae)'' <small>([D. S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Starks](/source/Edwin_Chapin_Starks), 1901)</small> (Cobalt silverside) 
* ''[Hypoatherina uisila](/source/Hypoatherina_uisila)'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906)</small> (Pacific silverside) 
* ''[Hypoatherina villosa](/source/Hypoatherina_villosa)'' <small>(Duncker & Mohr, 1926)</small>

[Fishbase](/source/Fishbase) has ''H. gobio'' as a [synonym](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) of ''H. temminckii'' and ''H. klunzingeri'' as a synonym of ''H. barnesi'', while ''H. panatela'' is listed as ''[Stenatherina panatela](/source/Stenatherina_panatela)'',<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Hypoatherina | month = April | year = 2019}}</ref> other authorities include these species within ''Hypoatherina'' and place ''H. crenolepsis'', ''H. harringtonensis'', ''H. ovalaua''  in the genus ''[Atherina](/source/Atherina)'' and ''H. valencennei'' in ''[Doboatherina](/source/Doboatherina)''.<ref name = CofFGenus/><ref name=Sasaki2014>{{cite journal |author1=Sasaki D. |author2=Kimura S. | year = 2014 | title = Taxonomic review of the genus ''Hypoatherina'' Schultz 1948 (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae) | journal = Ichthyological Research | volume = 61 | issue = 3| pages = 207–241 | doi=10.1007/s10228-014-0391-1|bibcode=2014IchtR..61..207S |s2cid=1793886 }}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Taxa named by Leonard Peter Schultz
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