Inland silverside (Menidia beryllina)

Scientific name: Menidia beryllina Cope, 1867

Inland silverside (Menidia beryllina)

The Inland silverside (Menidia beryllina) is a freshwater fish of the family Atherinopsidae. Native range: Western Atlantic, Massachusetts to southern Florida in USA and around Gulf of Mexico to northeastern Mexico.

Biology

Anal soft rays: 16 - 19; Vertebrae: 38 - 42

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Menidia beryllina
Family
Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)
Order
Atheriniformes (Silversides)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
15.0
Common length
7.8
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - ? m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to southern Florida in USA and around Gulf of Mexico to northeastern Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=1)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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