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Teleostei (teleosts) > Atheriniformes (Silversides) > Atherinidae (Silversides) > Craterocephalinae
Etymology: Sashatherina: Named after the first author's son Sasha, who has assisted his father frequently on collecting trips without any official acknowledgement so far of his being so helpful.; gigantea: Named 'giganteus' to refer to the unusual size of this species as most Old World Atherinidae rarely exceed 10 cm SL..

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Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical

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Asia: Indonesia, West Papua.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86256)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

The species in this genus possess very numerous small scales with a maximum midlateral scale count of 60 and up to 17 rows of transverse scales; all scales crenulated; lower jaw very pronounced, protruding beyond the anterior border of the premaxilla; eye quite small (Ref. 86256).

Anectodal reports for maximum length reach 35 cm TL (Ref. 86256).

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Ivantsoff, W. and G.R. Allen, 2011. A new species and genus of a large and unusual freshwater hardyhead, Sashatherina giganteus (Pisces: Atherinidae) from West Papua, Indonesia and a comparison with its closest relatives of the genus Craterocephalus. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 17(1):43-57. (Ref. 86256)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Critically Endangered (CR) (B1ac(i)); Date assessed: 03 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Sashatherina gigantea Ivantsoff & Allen, 2011