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Atherinella nesiotes G. S. Myers and C. B. Wade, 1942
BROADSTRIPE SILVERSIDE
Broad-striped silverside

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Atherinella nesiotes
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Atherinella nesiotes

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Overview
Main identification features
  • deep body
  • 1st dorsal fin over anal fin origin
  • width silver stripe greater than eye, = 3 rows scales
  • anal fin base: long, 2 rows scales
Body compressed, relatively deep - 25-30% of standard length; top of head profile ~straight; top jaw not extendible; mouth oblique, curved, top jaw longer, encloses lower jaw when mouth is closed; first dorsal II-VI spies, origin over origin of anal fin; pectoral blunt, short, reaches pelvic origin; anal fin base long, with 2 rows of scales along its length, I spine + 26-29 rays

Silver, fins clear, tail with dusky rear margin; lateral stripe relatively wide (>eye diameter, covers 3 scale rows), not narrowing at rear.

Size: 13 cm.

Habitat: coastal surface.

Depth: 0- 10 m?.

Central Mexico to Panama and the Galapagos Islands.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=24; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-107; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=26; Longitudinal range=28.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 13 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Near Surface; Surface; Water column only;


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References
  • Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
  • Meyers , G.S.and Wade, C.B., 1942., The Pacific American atherinid fishes of the genera Eurystole, Nectarges, Coleotropis and Melanorhinus., Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 9:113-149.

Acknowledgements

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