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Menidia beryllina (Cope, 1867)

Inland silverside
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Atheriniformes (Silversides) > Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides) > Menidiinae
Etymology: Menidia: Greek, menoeides, -es, -es = like a half noon shape (Ref. 45335); beryllina: beryllina meaning emerald color (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Cope.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 108940). Subtropical; 42°N - 25°N, 98°W - 70°W

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Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to southern Florida in USA and around Gulf of Mexico to northeastern Mexico.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 7.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193); max. reported age: 2.00 years (Ref. 72478)

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Anal soft rays: 16 - 19; Vertebrae: 38 - 42.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A brackish/marine species that ascends rivers (Ref. 86798). In fresh water, usually occurs at the surface of clear, quiet water over sand or gravel. Some landlocked populations, many of which have been established in impoundments as forage for sport fishes, reproduce in fresh water (Ref. 5723). Feeds on zooplankton (Ref. 10294), invertebrates, fish eggs and larvae and diatoms (Ref. 93252).

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 12.7 - 26.1, mean 23.7 °C (based on 181 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00550 (0.00248 - 0.01216), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 206 [121, 411] mg/100g; Iron = 2.03 [1.22, 3.31] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [16.9, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.373 [0.168, 0.930] g/100g; Selenium = 16.1 [7.7, 34.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 24 [9, 63] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.42 [0.99, 2.00] mg/100g (wet weight);