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Shortfin Silverside

Chirostoma humboldtianum

Classification

Chirostoma humboldtianum, the shortfin silverside, is a species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico. It reaches a maximum length of around 20 cm. This species was described as Atherina humboldtiana by Achille Valenciennes in 1835 with a type locality of "Mexico".

Distribution

(c) Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 3