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Atheriniformes (Silversides) >
Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides) > Menidiinae
Etymology: Membras: Greek, membras, -ados = a kind of sardine (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Charles Henry Gilbert (1859–1928) was an ichthyologist and fishery biologist, whose main area of study was Pacific salmon. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Jordan & Bollman.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino pelagic-neritic. Tropical; 13°N - 4°N
Eastern Central Pacific: El Salvador to Colombia.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 55763); common length : 18.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 55763)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Body thin and elongated; mouth terminal, with conspicuously protrusible jaws; teeth set in bands; two well separated dorsal fins, the first located head of the origin of the anal fin; pectoral fins located high on the body; lateral line lacking; back olive green; flanks and belly silvery, with a narrow, median, silvery, lateral stripe (Ref. 55763).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Forms small schools (Ref. 9273).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Lavenberg, R.J. and M. Chernoff, 1995. Atherinidae. Pejerreyes. p. 889-901. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9273)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00537 (0.00239 - 0.01205), b=3.09 (2.90 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.2 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (19 of 100). 🛈 |