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Atherina presbyter
Atherine Ath"er*ine, n. [NL. atherina, fr. Gr. ? a kind of smelt.] (Zo["o]l.) A small marine fish of the family Atherinid[ae], having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides.

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- Atherina is a genus of fish of silverside family Atherinidae, found in the temperate and tropic zones. Up to 15 cm long, they are widespread in the Mediterranean...
- southern coastal waters. Since Atherina’s biogeographic location is significantly different, it is likely that Atherina and the four genera are not monophyletic...
- family Retropinnidae and species Retropinna semoni Big-scale sand smelt Atherina boyeri Deep-sea smelts in the family Bathylagidae Great Lakes smelts (North...
- The big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri) is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. It is a euryhaline amphidromous fish, up to 20 cm in length...
- a combination of Iri referring to Irian Jaya and atherina, referring to the silverside genus Atherina as they were thought to be in the same family at...
- The Mediterranean sand smelt, Atherina hepsetus, is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae that inhabits the littoral zone of the east Atlantic, the...
- Atherinidae family and the Menidia genus. Two other genuses exist in the family, Atherina and Kirtlandia. These fishes are distinguished from other similar species...
- Synonyms Atherina lacunosa Forster, 1801 Atherinomorus lacunosa (Forster, 1801) Pranesus lacunosus (Forster, 1801) Atherina affinis Bennett, 1832 Atherina punctata...
- found in Indonesia and the Philippines. This species was described as Atherina lineata by Albert Günther in 1872 with the type locality given as Cebu...
- It is the only known member of its genus. This species was described as Atherina evermanni by Carl H. Eigenmann in 1903 with a type locality of San Cristobal...