Odontesthes regia

Odontesthes regia is a fish belonging to the family Atherinopsidae, commonly referred to in English as Chilean silverside,^[2] Peruvian silverside^[2] or sea silverside, and in Spanish as pejerrey^[2] or pejerrey de mar.^[2]

Odontesthes regia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinopsidae
Genus:	Odontesthes
Species:	O. regia
Binomial name
Odontesthes regia (Humboldt, 1821)
Synonyms[2]
Atherina regia Humboldt, 1821 Austromenidia regia (Humboldt, 1821) Atherina laticlavia Valenciennes, 1835 Austromenidia laticlava (Valenciennes, 1835) Chirostoma affine Steindachner, 1898 Basilichthys regillus Abbott, 1899 Cauque regillus (Abbott, 1899) Odontesthes regillus (Abbott, 1899) Basilichthys jordani Abbott, 1899 Basilichthys octavius Abbott, 1899

This is an epipelagic species distributed from the north Pacific coast of Peru to the Aysén Region, in Chile.^[3] The species has great economic importance as a fresh staple food.^[2] Although the family Atherinopsidae includes 104 species (13 genera), only 17 species have been cytogenetically studied to date; cytogenetic studies in this group are still scarce.^[4]