Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 246043 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Hypoatherina platysoma Abe, Sasaki & Kimura, 2026
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 37 - Pisces Fishes
- Family
- 37 246 Atherinidae (Hardyheads) - show full list
- Standard Name
- [a hardyhead]
- Organism Type
- a hardyhead
- Synonyms
- Hypoatherina temminckii (not of Bleeker): Sasaki and Kimura 2014: 228 (in part; Queensland)
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Coastal (0-40m)
- Parent Codes
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37 246907
Hypoatherina spp.
- Taxon Notes
- Previously confused with Hypoatherina temmincki. Described from AMS specimens collection from Halfway Island (Torres Strait), Cape Melville and Bay Island (Shoalwater Bay), Queensland.
- Distribution Map
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2026-08-26 - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 0 to 5 m.
- Record source
- Abe, K., Sasaki, D & Kimura, S., 2026. Descriptions of three new species of Hypoatherina from eastern Australia, a redescription of Hypoatherina tropicalis (Whitley 1948) and a revised diagnosis of Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1854) (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae)., Ichthyological Research. doi:10.1007/s10228-026-01080-z