Description

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Common Names

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Guatemala silverside , English , Global

Peppered silverside , English , Mexico

Athérine guatémaltéque , French , France

危地馬拉細小銀漢魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

危地马拉细小银汉鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Pejerrey guatemalteco , Spanish , Mexico

Perrejey guatemalensis , Spanish , Spain

Plateadito de Huamuchal , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Atheriniformes

Family: Atherinopsidae

Genus: Atherinella

Species: Atherinella guatemalensis (Günther, 1864)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Central Pacific: Zacatula, Mexico to Salina de Acapán, Guatemala.

Biology

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Common in fresh and brackish waters, such as in rivers, estuaries, and coastal lagoons (Ref. 9273).

Habitat

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freshwater