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  FishBookStore.com : All Rainbows and related families, 3931702804 - , Selling 100s of aquarium fish books, posters and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The rainbow fish (Melanotaniidae) and blue-eyes (Pseudomugilidae) from Australia and New Guinea surely are the most well known representatives of the Atheriniformes among aquarists.
Besides this, there are a large number of atheriniform fish, which are nearly unknown by the aquarists.
This book is an indispensable help for everybody interested in atheriniform fishes, whether you are an aquarist, dealer, or ichthyologist.
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  All Rainbows and related families
Rainbow fish and all other atheriniform fish: The rainbow fish (Melanotaniidae) and blue-eyes (Pseudomugilidae) from Australia and New Guinea surely are the most well known representatives of the Atheriniformes among aquarists.
Besides this, there are a large number of atheriniform fish, which are nearly unknown by the aquarists.
This book is an indispensable help for everybody interested in atheriniform fishes, whether you are an aquarist, dealer, or ichthyologist.
www.fish2u.com /newallrainan.html   (277 words)

  
 Odontesthes bonariensis
: Relation between the reproductive status and somatolactin cell activity in the pituitary of pejerrey, Odontesthes bonariensis (Atheriniformes).
Entrez PubMed : Abstract, Localization of Neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactive structures in the brain of the pejerrey, Odontesthes bonariensis (Teleostei, Atheriniformes).
Also, pituitary gland extracts from the pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis (Atheriniformes) were characterized.
www.specieslist.com /fish_species/O/Odontesthes_bonariensis.shtml   (1971 words)

  
 Melanotaenia corona
References : 8522, *Melanotaenia corona*, a new species of rainbowfish from northern New Guinea (Pisces, Atheriniformes, Melanotaeniidae).
Atheriniformes - Common Names : Melanotaenia boesemani ALLEN and CROSS, 1980 Boesemani Rainbowfish Melanotaenia catherinae (DE BEAUFORT, 1910) Waigeo Rainbowfish Melanotaenia corona ALLEN, 1982...
Melanotaenia corona, a new species of rainbowfish from northern New Guinea (Pisces: Atheriniformes, Melanotaeniidae).
www.specieslist.com /endangered/scientific_name/M/Melanotaenia_corona.shtml   (547 words)

  
 Rainbows
The order of "Silverside" fishes Atheriniformes contains a mix of fishes spanning two suborders and three-four families that are commonly called Rainbowfishes (though some folks would leave out, gladly, the Betodiidae of Madagascar...
These fishes are lively, beautiful (well, most of them, as adults, in good health...), hardy, and actually enjoy the all-too-typical hard and alkaline water that many folks are faced with as mains/tap supply.
Some of all three suborders of the Order Atheriniformes, four families and more than a hundred species bear the common moniker "Rainbowfish"...
www.wetwebmedia.com /FWSubWebIndex/rainbows.htm   (2347 words)

  
 Best of the Web - What's New in Science For 3/10/2006
Funet Network Atheriniformes - Provides guide to families under the order.
Access Science Atheriniformes - Provides brief lecture on the unique features of the group.
Ancient Clonal Lineage in the Fish Genus Poeciliopsis (Atheriniformes: Poeciliidae) - Presents abstract on the article by Quattro, Joseph M.; Avise, John C. and Vrijenhoek, Robert C. Rainbowfishes, Silversides (Atheriniformes): Fishes - Lists member species.
botw.org /new/Science/03102006.cfm   (479 words)

  
 spiny-finned fish --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The fishes show some decline in diversity and abundance at the end of the Paleozoic, with acanthodians (spiny sharks) becoming extinct and elasmobranchs (primitive sharks and rays) much reduced in diversity.
any member of the order Atheriniformes, containing 15 families of marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes, including the flying fishes (see), needlefishes, silversides, and cyprinodonts.
The last group, the Cyprinodontidae, is an abundant tropical and subtropical family that includes the guppies, mollies, swordtails, and many other aquarium fishes.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9069151&query=Flaked%20cod%20fish&ct=   (804 words)

  
 Atherinoidei Aarvisachtigen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Door D. ROSEN (1964) worden tot de onderorde 5 families gerekend, waarvan de Atherinidae, Melanotaeniidae en Phallostethidae de belangrijkste zijn.
Bovendien werd de onderorde met de Exocoetoidei en de Cyprinodontoidei in één = orde Atheriniformes ondergebracht
Dit was volkomen nieuw, vooral omdat de in de onderorde Atherinoidei samengebrachte families tot dan toe op heel andere plaatsen waren ingedeeld.
www.kara-inci.nl /atherinoidei_aarvisachtigen.htm   (735 words)

  
 References
Taxonomic revision of the family Pseudomugilidae (Order Atheriniformes).
A new species of the surf-inhabiting atheriniform *Iso* (Pisces: Isonidae).
Systematic relationships of atheriniform families within Division I of the series Atherinomorpha (Acanthopterygii) with relevant historical perspectives.
fishbase.sinica.edu.tw /References/ReferencesListTitles.cfm?Name1=Saeed&Name2=Ivantsoff&Init1=B%2E&Init2=W%2E&AddAuth=and%20G%2E%20R%2E%20Allen&Year=1989&FishBase=No   (53 words)

  
 References   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
aus dem Rufiji-Einzug in Tanzania mit Bemerkungen zum Vorkommen von *Nothobranchius melanospilus* (Pfeffer, 1896) (Pisces, Atheriniformes, Rivulinae) Ichthyologische Ergebnisse aus Tanzania, 1.
aus dem Ucayali-Einzug in Peru (Pisces: Atheriniformes: Rivulinae).
Ein neuer Rivuline aus Peru: *Pterolebias rubrocaudatus* (Pisces: Atheriniformes: Cyprinodontidae).
www.fishbase.org.ph /References/ReferencesListTitles.cfm?Name1=Seegers&Name2=&Init1=L%2E&Init2=&AddAuth=&Year=1989&FishBase=No   (264 words)

  
 References   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Dyer, B.S., 1998 Phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography of the neotropical silverside family Atherinopsidae (Teleostei: Atheriniformes).
White, B.N., R.J. Lavenberg and G.E. McGowen, 1984 Atheriniformes: development and relationships.
Ontogeny and systematics of fishes, based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of E.H. Ahlstrom, 15-18 August 1983, La Jolla, California.
www.fishbase.org /References/SummaryRefList.cfm?ID=12926&GenusName=Odontesthes&SpeciesName=incisa   (406 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The lateral line is typically weak or absent.
Classification of the atheriniforms is uncertain, with the best evidence for monophyly in the larval characteristics mentioned above.
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 MavicaNET - Rainbowfishes, silversides, etc. (Atheriniformes)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Catalogo / Natura / Vita / Animali / Pesci / Actinopterygii / Rainbowfishes, silversides, etc. (Atheriniformes)
Catalogo / Natura / Vita / Animali / Pesci / Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): taxonomy / Rainbowfishes, silversides, etc. (Atheriniformes)
Usually two dorsal fins, the first, if present, with flexible spines; anal fin usually preceded by a spine; lateral line absent or very weak; branchiostegal rays 4-7; narial openings paired; pelvic fins abdominal, subadominal, or thoracic in position (essentially absent in female phallostethids and highly modified in male phallostethids); parietals usually present.
www.mavicanet.com /lite/ita/21831.html   (229 words)

  
 SSU Mitochondrial rRNA Taxonomic List -- 4.4-4.4.5.7.8   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
[600] Rvls.amp_M Rivulus amphoreus (Order Atheriniformes fish) -- mitochondrion
[602] Rvls.sta_M Rivulus stagnatus (Order Atheriniformes fish) -- mitochondrion
[603] Rvls.cry_M Rivulus cryptocallus (Order Atheriniformes fish) -- mitochondrion
geta.life.uiuc.edu /RDP/data/SubMito/Mito_tax.4D.html   (3399 words)

  
 Coccidia of the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Hosts in other orders include Menidia beryllina (Inland silverside - Atheriniformes) and Opsanus beta (Gulf toadfish - Batrachoidiformes)
Remarks: A single fish out of 54 surveyed was found to harbor an infection
Fournie, J.W. and Overstreet, R.M. Host specificity of Calyptospora fundulii (Apicomplexa: Calyptosporidae) in Atheriniform fish.
biology.unm.edu /biology/coccidia/fishmisc.html   (1768 words)

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