Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 14; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 14 - 17. Scales in longitudinal series 52-57. Vertebrae 46-52 (Morocco), 49-52 (the Netherlands). No pyloric appendages. A large, characteristic, brilliant silvery stripe running along flanks from head to tail, often outlined in black. No true lateral line (Ref. 232). Eye diameter same with snout length (Ref. 35388).

Common Names

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Retallada , Catalan , Spain

Almindelig stribefisk , Danish , Denmark

Stribefisk , Danish , Denmark

Kleine Koornaarvis , Dutch , Netherlands

Koornaarvis , Dutch , Netherlands

Kornaer-visch , Dutch , Netherlands

Schrapper , Dutch , Belgium

Atherine , English , UK

Sand smelt , English , UK

Sand smelt , English , UK

Sand-smelt , English , Azores Is.

Sand-smelt , English , Isle of Man

Sandsmelt , English , Spain

Euroopa ateriin , Estonian , Estonia

Hopeakylki , Finnish , Finland

Abusseau , French , France

Athérine , French , France

Joël , French , France

Prêtre , French , Belgium

Prêtre , French , France

Trogue , French , France

Trosgan , Gaelic, Irish , Ireland

Aehrenfisch , German , Germany

Ährenfisch , German , Germany

Priesterfisch , German , Germany

Streifenfisch , German , Germany

Atherína , Greek , Greece

Atherina Atlantikou , Greek , Greece

Αθερίνα Ατλαντικού , Greek , Greece

Lattarino , Italian , Italy

沙真銀漢魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

沙真银汉鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Ateryna , Polish , Poland

Guelro , Portuguese , Madeira Is.

Peixe-rei , Portuguese , Portugal

Piarda , Portuguese , Portugal

Sand-smelt , Portuguese , Azores Is.

Aterina , Rumanian , Romania

атерина священника , Russian , Russia

Gavuni , Serbian , Serbia

Zelenisi , Serbian , Serbia

Popovka , Slovene , Slovenia

Abichon , Spanish , Spain

Abichón , Spanish , Spain

Cabezuda , Spanish , Spain

Chirrete , Spanish , Spain

Pejerreye , Spanish , Spain

Piarda , Spanish , Spain

Sula , Spanish , Spain

Prästfisk , Swedish , Sweden

Aterina , Turkish , Turkey

Atherina , Turkish , Turkey

Atherina balığı , Turkish , Turkey

Gümüs , Turkish , Turkey

Gümüş balığı , Turkish , Turkey

Pysgodyn ystlys-arian , Welsh , UK Engld Wal

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Atheriniformes

Family: Atherinidae

Genus: Atherina

Species: Atherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Eastern Atlantic: Kattegat (rare) and British Isles to Canary Islands, Mauritania and Cape Verde, also western Mediterranean.

Biology

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Small pelagic fishes in coastal areas and estuaries. Schooling, seasonal migrations in the Atlantic. Feeds on carnivorous small crustaceans and fish larvae (Ref. 5980). Reproduces in spring and summer (Ref. 30578).

Habitat

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brackish