Atherion elymus

Atherion elymus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherionidae
Genus:	Atherion
Species:	A. elymus
Binomial name
	Atherion elymus; D.S. Jordan & Starks, 1901

Atherion elymus, the bearded silverside or pickleface hardyhead,

Atherionidae

. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean.

Description

Atherion elymus has an elongated, compressed body with a small mouth in which the upper jaw does not extend as far as the front edge of the eye. The head has a number of rows of denticles or small spines. Its anus sits immediately in front of the origin of the

caudal fin. Small dark or black spots are normally scattered along the lower part of the flanks. They grow to a maximum standard length of around 7 centimetres (2.8 in).^[3]

Distribution

Atherion elymus occurs in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan in the north south to northern Queensland and east as far as Fiji.^[1]

Habitat and biology

Atherion elymus is a species if shallow water and is associated with reefs, large aggregations can be found in tidal pools, along rocky coastlines and along the edges of reefs.^[4] It lays large eggs which adhere to the substrate by a sticky filament.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was

rye grasses of the genus Elymus.^[6] It is the type species of the genus Atherion.^[7]

References

^
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155153A4730539.en
. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

^ "Atherion elymus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ "Atherion elymus Jordan and Starks, 1901 Bearded Silverside". Fishes of the Andaman Sea. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Atherion elymus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherion elymus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155153A4730539.en
. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[FofA-2] "Atherion elymus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[FofAS-3] "Atherion elymus Jordan and Starks, 1901 Bearded Silverside". Fishes of the Andaman Sea. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[Fishbase-4] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Atherion elymus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.

[CofF-5] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherion elymus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[ETYFish-6] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[CofFG-7] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

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