Panatela silverside

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = FMIB 35657 Atherina panatela, new species Type.jpeg | taxon = Hypoatherina panatela | display_parents = 3 | authority = (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908) | synonyms = *''Atherina panatela'' <small>Jordan & Richardson, 1908</small> *''Stenatherina panatela'' <small>(Jordan & Richardson, 1908)</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{Fishbase|Stenatherina|panatela|month=April|year=2019}}</ref> }}

The '''panatela silverside''' (''Hypoatherina panatela'') is a species of reef-dwelling silverside from the subfamily Atherinomorinae which is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean. This species grows to {{cvt|11|cm|in}} in total length and is of minor importance to commercial fisheries.<ref name=Sasaki2014>{{cite journal|author=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 }}</ref> This species is sometimes classified as the only species in the monotypic genus ''Stenatherina'',<ref name = Fishbaseb>{{FishBase genus|genus=Stenatherina|month=April |year=2019}}</ref> although other authorities place it in the genus ''Hypoatherina''.<ref name = CofFGenus>{{Cof genus | Hypoatherina | access-date=20 July 2019}}</ref> This species was described by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson as ''Atherina panatela'' with the type locality given as Calayan Island in the Philippines.<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|spid=56363|title=''Atherina panatela''|access-date=20 July 2019}}</ref> The specific name is the Spanish word for a long, thin cigar and is presumed to be a reference to the elongated, slender body of this fish.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes1/ | title = Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE | access-date= 20 July 2019 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style=amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 1 January 2019}}</ref>

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Category:Atherinomorinae Category:Fish described in 1908 Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan