''Kestratherina'' is a
genus
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of
silversides endemic
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to the eastern
Indian Ocean
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off southern
Australia
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.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Kestratherina brevirostris''
( A. Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last
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& Crowley
Crowley may refer to:
Places
* Crowley, Mendocino County, California, an unincorporated community
*Crowley County, Colorado
* Crowley, Colorado, a town in Crowley County
*Crowley, Louisiana, a city
* Crowley, Oregon (disambiguation)
* Crowley, Te ...
, 1988) (short-snout hardyhead)
* ''
Kestratherina esox''
( Klunzinger, 1872) (pikehead hardyhead)
References
Atherininae
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