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Atheriniformes (Silversides) >
Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides) > Menidiinae
Etymology: Menidia: Greek, menoeides, -es, -es = like a half noon shape (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Hubbs & Raney.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser pelagisch; pH range: 6.6 - 6.8. Temperate; 35°N - 34°N
North America: occurs only in the Lake Waccamaw in North Carolina, USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm 3.3 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5723); common length : 4.8 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 12193); max. veröff. Alter: 3.00 Jahre (Ref. 12193)
Kurzbeschreibung
Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 10 - 17; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 16 - 22; Wirbelzahl: 41 - 45. Silvery-white with black melanophores surrounding each scale on the dorsal two-thirds of the body. The dorsal half of the body is almost translucent.
Usually occur in large schools near surface in open water, over dark sandy bottom (Ref. 35360). Well adapted to a life of heavy predation (Ref. 35360). Frequent skipping over the water surface is observed apparently in avoidance of predators (Ref. 35360).
Based on otolith data, these species spawn after their first winter and that only a small segment of the population lives through the second winter (Ref. 35360).
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
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