Samoan silverside
Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854)
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 temminckii (Bleeker, 1854)
- Name authority
- (Bleeker, 1854)
- Common name
- Samoan 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 temminckii (Bleeker, 1854)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barnes' silversideHypoatherina barnesi Schultz, 1953 | AtherinomoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| 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 |
| 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 temminckii (Bleeker, 1854) (Bleeker, 1854) | synonym |
| Hypoatherina cylindrica (Klunzinger, 1870) (Klunzinger, 1870) | synonym |
| Atherina afra Peters, 1855 Peters, 1855 | synonym |
| Atherina gobio Klunzinger, 1884 Klunzinger, 1884 | synonym |
| Atherina uisila Jordan & Seale, 1906 Jordan & Seale, 1906 | synonym |
| Allanetta afra (Peters, 1855) (Peters, 1855) | synonym |
| Hypoatherina gobio (Klunzinger, 1884) (Klunzinger, 1884) | synonym |
| Hypoatherina uisila (Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Jordan & Seale, 1906) | synonym |
| Hypotherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854) (Bleeker, 1854) | synonym |
| Atherina cylindrica Klunzinger, 1870 Klunzinger, 1870 | ambiguous synonym |
| Atherina temmincki Bleeker, 1854 Bleeker, 1854 | synonym |
| Atherina temminckii Bleeker, 1854 Bleeker, 1854 | synonym |
| Stenatherina temmincki (Bleeker, 1854) (Bleeker, 1854) | synonym |
| Stenatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854) (Bleeker, 1854) | 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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217883 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:3NT3W. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.