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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- The sand smelt (Atherina presbyter) is a species of marine fish of the family Atherinidae, common in the northeastern Atlantic from the Danish straits...
- Atherina lopeziana is a species of marine fish of the family Atherinidae. This pelagic-neritic fish grows to 8.0 cm maximal length. Widespread in the eastern...
- southern coastal waters. Since Atherina’s biogeographic location is significantly different, it is likely that Atherina and the four genera are not monophyletic...
- The Cape silverside (Atherina breviceps) is a species of marine fish of the family Atherinidae. It is a brackish, freshwater, pelagic-neritic subtropical...
- family Retropinnidae and species Retropinna semoni Big-scale sand smelt Atherina boyeri Deep-sea smelts in the family Bathylagidae Great Lakes smelts (North...
- also home to some parasites including isopods and sand smelts including Atherina boyeri. Around 900 A.D, the Byzantine fleet from Naupaktos (Lepanto) at...
- 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...