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Atherina

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Atherina Temporal range: Eocene - Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Atherina hepsetus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinidae
Subfamily:	Atherininae
Genus:	Atherina Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758^[1]

Atherina is a genus of fish of silverside family Atherinidae, found in the temperate and tropic zones. Up to 15 cm long, they are widespread in the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Sea of Azovinlagoons and estuaries. It comes to the low stream of the Dnieper, Southern Bug, Dniester and Danube Rivers.

Fossil of Atherina cavalloi

Species

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There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[2]

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Species of Atherina are objects in the traditional Italian, Catalan, Occitan, south-Ukrainian, Turkish, and Greek cuisine in fried form. The fish are lightly powdered with wheat flour before being dropped in hot olive oil. In Ukraine and Greece, it is commercially important species.^[3]

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These fishes lived from the Eocene age to Miocene (from 55.8 to 11.608 million years ago).^{[clarification needed]} Fossils have been found in Kazakhstan and in Italy.^[4]

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^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of AtherinainFishBase. April 2019 version.>

^ Kottelat, M. & Freyhof, J. (2007): Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. 646 p.

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