# Kestratherina

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| taxon = Kestratherina
| authority = [A. Pavlov](/source/Andrew_Pavlov), [Ivantsoff](/source/Walter_Ivantsoff), [Last](/source/Peter_R._Last) & [Crowley](/source/Lucy_Elizabeth_Lillian_Mary_Crowley), 1988
| type_species = ''Atherinichthys esox''
| type_species_authority = Klunzinger, 1872<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=10036|title=''Kestratherina''|access-date=17 July 2019}}</ref>
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'''''Kestratherina''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [silversides](/source/Old_World_silverside) [endemic](/source/endemism) to the eastern [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean) off southern [Australia](/source/Australia).

==Species==
The currently recognized species in this genus are:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Kestratherina| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref>
* ''[Kestratherina brevirostris](/source/Kestratherina_brevirostris)'' <small>([A. Pavlov](/source/Andrew_Pavlov), [Ivantsoff](/source/Walter_Ivantsoff), [Last](/source/Peter_R._Last) & [Crowley](/source/Lucy_Elizabeth_Lillian_Mary_Crowley), 1988)</small> (short-snout hardyhead)
* ''[Kestratherina esox](/source/Kestratherina_esox)'' <small>([Klunzinger](/source/Carl_Benjamin_Klunzinger), 1872)</small> (pikehead hardyhead)

==References==
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Category:Atherininae

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