Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Petromyzonti
Holocephali
Myxini
Cladistii
Coelacanthi

Species Order

Kurtiformes
Petromyzontiformes
Myxiniformes
Percopsiformes
Torpediniformes
Cypriniformes
Perciformes/Percoidei
Galaxiiformes
Coelacanthiformes
Holocentriformes
Esociformes
Lamniformes
Zeiformes
Gobiesociformes
Rhinopristiformes
Elopiformes
Tetraodontiformes
Cichliformes
Salmoniformes
Gymnotiformes
Blenniiformes
Gadiformes
Syngnathiformes
Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei
Beloniformes
Batrachoidiformes
Callionymiformes
Lophiiformes
Perciformes/Zoarcoidei
Gonorynchiformes

Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758

Description

Total scales in midlateral series 59-65. Anal fin with 10-12 1/2 rays (Ref. 59043).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Atheriniformes

Family: Atherinidae

Genus: Atherina

Species: Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758

Climate Zone

Subtropical

Location

Eastern Atlantic: coasts of Spain and Morocco including Madeira and the Canary Islands. Also in the western Mediterranean, Adriatic Sea and Black Sea.

Biology

Littoral, often near shore. Gregarious, sometimes occurs in marine lagoons (France) and estuaries (Portugal). Feed on pelagic copepods and benthic crustaceans (Ref. 5980).

Habitat

freshwater