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Atherinomorus stipes (Müller & Troschel, 1848)

Hardhead silverside
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> Atheriniformes (Silversides) > Atherinidae (Silversides) > Atherinomorinae
Etymology: Atherinomorus: Greek, atherina, the Greek name for the eperlane + Greek, moros = silly, stupid (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Müller & Troschel.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; agua dulce; salobre asociado a arrecife. Subtropical

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Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Yucatan, Mexico to Brazil. Southeast Pacific: known only from Tumaco, Colombia (Ref. 9273).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 6.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251); common length : 7.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5217)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 10 - 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 8 - 10; Radios blandos anales: 9 - 13. Head wider than body (Ref. 26938).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found over soft bottoms as well as in coral reefs (Ref. 5217). Often in large schools (Ref. 5521). Feeds on zooplankton (Ref. 5217).

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Dyer, Brian S. | Colaboradores

Lavenberg, R.J. and M. Chernoff, 1995. Atherinidae. Pejerreyes. p. 889-901. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9273)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 July 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; carnada: usually
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.3 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 695 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00405 - 0.01239), b=3.12 (2.96 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 74.6 [30.4, 207.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.72 [0.36, 1.36] mg/100g; Protein = 20.3 [18.0, 22.6] %; Omega3 = 0.229 [0.097, 0.578] g/100g; Selenium = 9.05 [3.59, 22.93] μg/100g; VitaminA = 106 [31, 377] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.51 [0.88, 2.41] mg/100g (wet weight);