Leptatherina

Leptatherina is a genus of silversides, one freshwater and one marine, native to Australia.

Leptatherina
Leptatherina wallacei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinidae
Subfamily:	Atherininae
Genus:	Leptatherina A. Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley, 1988
Type species
Atherina presbyteroides Richardson, 1843[1]

Species

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

• Leptatherina presbyteroides (J. Richardson, 1843)
• Leptatherina wallacei (Prince, Ivantsoff & Potter, 1982) (western hardyhead)