Chirostoma humboldtianum

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| image = FMIB 51877 Pescado blanco, Chirostoma humboditianum (Va) Lake Chalco, City of Mexico.jpeg

| taxon = Chirostoma humboldtianum

| authority = (Valenciennes, 1835)

| synonyms = *Atherina humboldtiana Valenciennes, 1835

• Chirostoma regani D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1919
• Atherina vomerina Valenciennes, 1835
• Chirostoma ocampoi Álvarez, 1963

| synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase|Chirostoma|humboldtianum|month=April|year=2019}}

|status=VU

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Soto Galera, E. |date=2019 |title=Chirostoma humboldtianum |volume=2019 |page=e.T191154A1971329 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T191154A1971329.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

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Chirostoma humboldtianum, the shortfin silverside, is a species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico. It reaches a maximum length of around 20 cm. This species was described as Atherina humboldtiana by Achille Valenciennes in 1835 with a type locality of "Mexico".{{Cof record|spid=13922|title=Atherina humboldtiana|access-date=22 June 2019}} Valenciennes gave it its specific name in honour of the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859).{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes1/ | title = Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE | accessdate= 22 June 2019 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 1 January 2019}}