Sumatran silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)

Scientific name: Hypoatherina valenciennei Bleeker, 1853

Sumatran silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)

The Sumatran silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei) is a brackish-water fish of the family Atherinidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13. Free edge of premaxilla densely covered with minute shagreen denticles. Coronoid process of dentary not rounded as in other Hypoatherina species. Body covered by large round scales, head is nude except opercle is covered by scales. Silver white colored body.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hypoatherina valenciennei
Family
Atherinidae (Silversides)
Order
Atheriniformes (Silversides)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
12.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: widely distributed throughout the southwest Pacific including Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Viet Nam, Singapore, New Britain, Hermit Island Group, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Hong Kong and as far as Japan.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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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