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Atherinella argentea Chernoff, 1986

Description

Common Names

  • Moon silverside , English , Global
  • Silverside , English , Costa Rica
  • Athérine lune , French , France
  • 銀色細小銀漢魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 银色细小银汉鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Pejerrey argénteo , Spanish , Spain
  • Sardina , Spanish , Costa Rica

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Atheriniformes

    Family: Atherinopsidae

    Genus: Atherinella

    Species: Atherinella argentea Chernoff, 1986

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Central Pacific: Río Madre Vieja, Guatemala to Chiriquí Gulf, Panama.

    • Biology

    Commonly found in estuaries and sometimes penetrates rivers (Ref. 9273). Food consists mainly of terrestrial insects and fruit (Ref. 36880).

    Habitat

    freshwater