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Telmatherina wahjui Kottelat, 1991

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Telmatherina wahjui Kottelat, 1991
Name authority
Kottelat, 1991
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Atheriniformes
Family
Telmatherinidae
Genus
Telmatherina
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderAtheriniformes
  11. suborderAtherinoidei
  12. familyTelmatherinidae Munro, 1958
  13. genusTelmatherina Boulenger, 1897
  14. speciesTelmatherina wahjui Kottelat, 1991

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Telmatherina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Telmatherina abendanoni Weber, 1913TelmatherinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Telmatherina albolabiosa Tantu & Nilawati, 2008TelmatherinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Telmatherina bonti Weber & de Beaufort, 1922TelmatherinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Telmatherina opudi Kottelat, 1991TelmatherinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Telmatherina prognatha Kottelat, 1991TelmatherinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Telmatherina sarasinorum Kottelat, 1991TelmatherinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Telmatherina antoniae Kottelat, 1991TelmatherinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Telmatherina celebensis Boulenger, 1897TelmatherinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Telmatherina obscura Kottelat, 1991TelmatherinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 18 records assigned to Telmatherinidae.

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.

  1. Kottelat, M. (1991). Sailfin silversides (Pisces: Telmatherinidae) of Lake Matano, Sulawesi, Indonesia, with descriptions of six new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 1 (4): 321–344. 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:5589Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.