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Chirostoma humboldtianum

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Chirostoma humboldtianum, the shortfin silverside, is a species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico. It reaches a maximum length of around 20 cm.^[2] This species was described as Atherina humboldtiana by Achille Valenciennes in 1835 with a type locality of "Mexico".^[3] Valenciennes gave it its specific name in honour of the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859).^[4]

^ Soto Galera, E. (2019). "Chirostoma humboldtianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191154A1971329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T191154A1971329.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Chirostoma humboldtianum" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherina humboldtiana". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

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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". Valenciennes gave it its specific name in honour of the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859).