Key silverside (Menidia conchorum)

Scientific name: Menidia conchorum Hildebrand & Ginsburg, 1927

Key silverside (Menidia conchorum)

The Key silverside (Menidia conchorum) is a brackish-water fish of the family Atherinopsidae. Native range: Western Atlantic, lower Florida Keys in USA.

Species facts

Scientific name
Menidia conchorum
Family
Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)
Order
Atheriniformes (Silversides)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
5.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: lower Florida Keys in USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Lower Risk: near threatened (LR/nt)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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