Barnes' silverside
Hypoatherina barnesi Schultz, 1953
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hypoatherina barnesi Schultz, 1953
- Name authority
- Schultz, 1953
- Common name
- Barnes' silverside
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Atheriniformes
- Family
- Atherinomoridae
- Genus
- Hypoatherina
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAtheriniformes
- suborderAtherinoidei
- familyAtherinomoridae Dyer & Chernoff, 1996
- genusHypoatherina Schultz, 1948
- speciesHypoatherina barnesi Schultz, 1953
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hypoatherina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hypoatherina celebesensis Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypoatherina crenolepis (Schultz, 1953) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypoatherina macrophthalma Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypoatherina ovalaua (Herre, 1935) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Samoan silversideHypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypoatherina tsurugae (Jordan & Starks, 1901) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypoatherina valenciennei (Bleeker, 1854) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypoatherina panatela (Jordan & Richardson, 1908) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypoatherina villosa (Duncker & Mohr, 1926) | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypoatherina platysoma Abe, Sasaki & Jimura, 2026 | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypoatherina golanii Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hypoatherina lunata Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hypoatheria barnesi Schultz, 1953 Schultz, 1953 | synonym |
| Allanetta klunzingeri Smith, 1965 Smith, 1965 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Schultz, L. P., Herald, E. S., Lachner, E. A., Welander, A. D., & Woods, L. P. (1953). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 202, v. 1: i–xxxii + 1–685, Pls. 1–74. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.202.1 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3NT3G. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.