Reef silverside (Hypoatherina harringtonensis)

Scientific name: Hypoatherina harringtonensis Goode, 1877

Reef silverside (Hypoatherina harringtonensis)

The Reef silverside (Hypoatherina harringtonensis) is a marine fish of the family Atherinidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. Head rather narrow, not conspicuously wider than body.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hypoatherina harringtonensis
Family
Atherinidae (Silversides)
Order
Atheriniformes (Silversides)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
10.0
Common length
6.0
Environment
Marine; reef-associated
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Florida (USA), and Yucatan, Mexico to northern South America. Antilles, western Caribbean. Southeast Pacific: known only from Tumaco, Colombia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of potential interest
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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