Craterocephalus is a genus of small and slender brackish or freshwater silversides from Australia and New Guinea. It is the most diverse genus in the family Atherinidae, containing 25 of the 71 species.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Craterocephalus amniculus <small>Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1990</small> (Darling River hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus capreoli <small>Rendahl (), 1922</small> (Rendahl's hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus centralis <small>Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1990</small> (Finke River hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus cuneiceps <small>Whitley, 1944</small> (Murchison River hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus dalhousiensis <small>Ivantsoff & Glover, 1974</small> (Dalhousie hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus eyresii <small>(Steindachner, 1883)</small> (Lake Eyre hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus fistularis <small>Crowley, Ivantsoff & G. R. Allen, 1995</small>
- Craterocephalus fluviatilis <small>McCulloch, 1912</small> (Murray hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus fulvus <small>Ivantsoff, Crowley & Allen, 1987</small> (Unspecked hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus gloveri <small>Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1990</small> (Glover's hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus helenae <small>Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1987</small> (Drysdale hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus honoriae <small>(J. D. Ogilby, 1912)</small> (estuarine hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus kailolae <small>Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1987</small> (Kailola's hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus lacustris <small>Trewavas, 1940</small> (Kutubu hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus laisapi <small>Larson, Ivantsoff & Crowley, 2005</small>
- Craterocephalus lentiginosus <small>Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1987</small> (Prince Regent hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus marianae <small>Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1987</small> (Magela hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus marjoriae <small>Whitley, 1948</small> (Marjorie's hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus mugiloides <small>(McCulloch, 1912)</small> (spotted hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus munroi <small>Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1988</small> (Munro's hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus nouhuysi <small>(M. C. W. Weber, 1910) </small> (mountain hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus pauciradiatus <small>(Günther, 1861)</small> (few-ray hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus pimatuae <small>Crowley, Ivantsoff & G. R. Allen, 1991</small> (Pima hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus randi <small>Nichols & Raven, 1934</small> (Kubuna hardyhead)
- Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum <small>(Günther, 1867)</small>
- Craterocephalus stramineus <small>(Whitley, 1950)</small> (blackmast or strawman)
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