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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae Neotropical silversides
Subfamily: Atherinopsinae
Genus: Leuresthes

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2 species (see list below)

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Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Leuresthes sardina (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)

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Leuresthes sardina
[Gulf grunion]

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Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 19 cm TL
Leuresthes tenuis (Ayres, 1860)

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Leuresthes tenuis
[California grunion]
2 Species of Family Atherinopsidae with Genus Leuresthes
(Neotropical silversides)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1889 Leuresthes sardina Gulf grunion Eastern Central Pacific 25 TL
1860 Leuresthes tenuis California grunion Eastern Pacific 19 TL



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