Description

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Common Names

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Thickscale silverside , English , Global

Athérine écailleuse , French , Global

厚鱗細小銀漢魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

厚鱗黑漢魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

厚鳞细小银汉鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

厚鳞黑汉鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Perrejey alón , Spanish , Global

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Atheriniformes

Family: Atherinopsidae

Genus: Atherinella

Species: Atherinella pachylepis (Günther, 1864)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Pacific: Cutuco, El Salvador (Ref. 9273) to Peru (Ref. 11482). Not recorded from Costa Rica (Ref. 9273).

Biology

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Forms aggregations in shallow bays and coastal reefs (Ref. 11482).

Habitat

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associated