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Atheriniformes (Silversides) >
Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides) > Menidiinae
Etymology: Menidia: Greek, menoeides, -es, -es = like a half noon shape (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Hubbs & Raney.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce pelágico(a,os,as); pH range: 6.6 - 6.8. Temperate; 35°N - 34°N
North America: occurs only in the Lake Waccamaw in North Carolina, USA.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 3.3  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5723); common length : 4.8 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 12193); Idade máx. registada: 3.00 anos (Ref. 12193)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 10 - 17; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais moles: 16 - 22; Vértebras: 41 - 45. Silvery-white with black melanophores surrounding each scale on the dorsal two-thirds of the body. The dorsal half of the body is almost translucent.
Usually occur in large schools near surface in open water, over dark sandy bottom (Ref. 35360). Well adapted to a life of heavy predation (Ref. 35360). Frequent skipping over the water surface is observed apparently in avoidance of predators (Ref. 35360).
Based on otolith data, these species spawn after their first winter and that only a small segment of the population lives through the second winter (Ref. 35360).
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; isco: usually
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.41 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 1.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (K=1.04-1.36; tmax=3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).