Kalyptatherina helodes

Kalyptatherina helodes
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Telmatherinidae
Genus: Kalyptatherina
Saeed & Ivantsoff, 1991
Species: K. helodes
Binomial name
Kalyptatherina helodes
(Ivantsoff & G. R. Allen, 1984)

Kalyptatherina helodes, the marine sailfin silverside is a species of sailfin silverside endemic to Indonesia, where it is only known from mangrove swamps around Misool and Batanta Islands. This species grows to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) total length. It is the only known member of its genus.

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