Balabac Island silverside (Atherinomorus balabacensis) fish species and information / pictures of Balabac Island silverside - Atherinomorus balabacensis

Balabac Island silverside (Atherinomorus balabacensis) fish species information

Scientific Name
Atherinomorus balabacensis

Common Name
Balabac Island silverside

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14. Body with a thin, silvery midlateral band. The band have very fine, blue-black edge above. Scales above the band with fine melanophores; row of scales below with small black dot on each. Fins mostly uniformly yellowish, pectorals with dusky patch at the base. Anteriormost point of the head formed by the protruding lower jaw. Mouth large and oblique. Gill rakers long and slender. Scales deciduous on head. Preserved specimens uniformly yellow green with thin silvery midlateral band.

Classification

Classified By

Seale, 1910

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Silversides (Atheriniformes)

Family

Silversides (Atherinidae)

Distribution

Region

Western Pacific

Distribution

Western Pacific: Philippines and Trobriand Islands.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

Unknown m

Zone

pelagic-neritic

Environment

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; non-migratory

Trophic Level

3.14 s.e. 0.42 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

7.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5005 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (15 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated