Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11 - 14. Body slightly compressed and sides flattened (Ref. 9002).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Atheriniformes

Family: Atherinidae

Genus: Atherinason

Species: Atherinason hepsetoides (Richardson, 1843)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found on the continental shelf, inshore waters (Ref. 7300). Often found in estuaries and recorded in coastal bays (Ref. 9002).

Habitat

neritic