© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Melanorhinus cyanellus Click on map for details about points. 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Melanorhinus see all kinds   •  1 thumbnail  •  slide show Kinds Melanorhinus boekei, St Maarten Pejerry Melanorhinus cyanellus, Blackside Silverside Melanorhinus microps, Querimana Silverside español Overview Main identification features body deep; forehead profile convex 1st dorsal fin : vi-ix, orgin well before anal fin origin mouth short, top jaw extendible no silver stripe MELANORHINUS SILVERSIDES Body relatively deep, strongly compressed; head short, with convex upper profile; mouth short, top jaw extendible; 1st dorsal with VI-IX spines, origin well in front of anal origin, nearly over tip of pectoral; 2nd dorsal with 14 or more rays; pelvic origin much nearer pectoral base than anal fin, with long scale at base; pectorals high on body; no silver stripe along flank; scales smooth, with rings on exposed centers, heavy, strongly sticking to skin; large scales at insertions of pectorals and pelvics; dorsal and anal fins with well developed 1-scale-wide sheaths. A neotropical genus with 3 species; a single species in and endemic to the tropical eastern Pacific. References Breder, C.M. Jr., 1936., Scientific results of the second oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1926. Heterosomata to Pediculati from Panama to Lower California., Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collect. Yale Univ., 2(3):1-56. Chernoff, B., 1986., Phylogenetic relationships and reclassification of Menidiine silverside fishes with emphasis on the Tribe Membradini., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 138:189-249. 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. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200. Fowler, H.W., 1944., Results of the Fifth George Vanderbilt Expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean sea, Panama, Galapagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific Islands). The Fishes., Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel., Monographs, 6:57-529. Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26. Meek , S.E. and Hildebrand, S.F., 1923., The marine fishes of Panama. Part I., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:1-330. 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. Schultz, L.P., 1948., A revision of six subfamilies of Atherine fishes, with descriptions of new genera and species., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 98:1-48. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-04-29 06:37:26 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation