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Atherinopsidae

Angulo, Arturo;Betts, Joel T.;González-Alemán, Néstor J.;Castañeda, Edgar;Berghe, Eric Van Den;Elías, Diego J.;Mcmahan, Caleb D.;Matamoros, Wilfredo A.

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Atherinopsidae

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Also known as Neotropical silversides

family of fishes

Species

neotropical silversides

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderAtheriniformes
  5. FamilyAtherinopsidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded311,671

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
101
Family
Atherinopsidae
Collections
TCWC, UF, MADUG-UG, AUM, USNM, VIMS
Recorded in
United States, Estados Unidos De America, Brazil, Panama

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Atheriniformes
Image
Atlantic silverside.jpg
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Commons category
Atherinopsidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Atherinopsidae
topic's main category
Category:Atherinopsidae
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Encyclopedic overview

The neotropical silversides are a family, Atherinopsidae, of fishes in the order Atheriniformes. About 112 species in 13 genera are distributed throughout the tropical and temperate waters of the New World, including both marine and freshwater habitats. The familiar grunions and Atlantic silverside belong to this family.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atherinopsidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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