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Overview |
Main identification features
- snout with sensory pits
- 1st dorsal fin : v, origin before anal fin orgin
- blue line above silver stripe
- top jaw extendible
- teeth well developed, in bands
- anus well before a
MEMBRAS
SILVERSIDES
Slender, elongate, compressed; snout longer than eye, top with 4 depressions; top of mouth extendible; teeth well developed, in bands; sensory pits on top of head; first dorsal V-VI spines, origin well before origin of anal; pelvics inserted nearer anal origin than top corner of pectoral base; anus notably before anal fin (1/4 distance between anal and pelvics), but behind tips of pelvics; dorsal fin scaleless; front of anal fin with scaly sheath.
A neotropical genus with 6 species; 1 in and endemic to our region.
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Acknowledgements |
I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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