''Atherinosoma elongata'', the elongate hardyhead, is a species of
silverside
Silverside may refer to:
* Silverside (beef), a cut of beef
* Silverside (fish), the Atheriniformes, an order of fish
* Agnes Silverside (died 1557), one of the Colchester Martyrs
* USS ''Silversides'', the name of 2 U.S. Navy submarines
* Silver ...
from the
family
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Atherinidae.
This species is found in shallow estuaries, sheltered bays, inlets, lagoons and estuaries in southwestern and southern Australia from the
Bowes River in
Western Australia
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to
Nelson in southwestern
Victoria with a gap which runs from Point Demspter in Western Australia and
Fowlers Bay,
South Australia
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.
This species was
described as ''Atherina elongata'' in 1879 by Carl Benjamin Klunzinger with a
type locality of
King George Sound in Western Australia.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2842463
elongata
Taxa named by Carl Benjamin Klunzinger
Fish described in 1879