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Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides) > Atherinopsinae
Etymology: Atherinops: Greek, atherina, the Greek name for the eperlane; 1770 + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335); affinis: affinis which means related - in this case to fishes of the genus Atherina (Ref. 6885).
More on author: Ayres.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin; saumâtre pelagic-neritic; profondeur ? - 26 m (Ref. 96339). Subtropical; 52°N - 21°N, 130°W - 105°W (Ref. 96339)
Eastern Pacific: Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9273); common length : 28.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9273); âge max. reporté: 9 années (Ref. 72477)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 6 - 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 8 - 14; Épines anales: 1; Rayons mous anaux: 19 - 25; Vertèbres: 44 - 52. Blue gray to green above, silvery below; a striking silver band bordered above with blue extends the full length of the body (Ref. 6885). Branchiostegal rays: 5-6 (Ref. 36497).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Common in bays, muddy and rocky areas and kelp beds, also in estuaries (Ref. 36497). Form schools. Adults feed on zooplankton (Ref. 9273), while juveniles feed on algae and kelp fly larvae (Ref. 4930). Demersal spawner in nearshore habitats (Ref. 56049). Oviparous, with planktonic, primarily neustonic larvae (Ref. 36497). Eggs are attached to spawning substrate and to one another by adhesive filaments (Ref. 36497).
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00776 (0.00430 - 0.01402), b=3.01 (2.85 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
2.8 ±0.28 se; based on food items. |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tm=2; tmax=7; Fec = 1,000). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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