St. Maarten pejerry (Melanorhinus boekei)

Scientific name: Melanorhinus boekei Metzelaar, 1919

The St. Maarten pejerry (Melanorhinus boekei) is a marine fish of the family Atherinopsidae. Native range: Western Central Atlantic, Oyster pond on St. Martin, West Indies.

Species facts

Scientific name
Melanorhinus boekei
Family
Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)
Order
Atheriniformes (Silversides)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-neritic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: Oyster pond on St. Martin, West Indies.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
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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