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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 sand smelt (Atherina presbyter) is a species of marine fish of the family Atherinidae, common in the northeastern Atlantic from the Danish straits...
- 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...
- family Retropinnidae and species Retropinna semoni Big-scale sand smelt Atherina boyeri Deep-sea smelts in the family Bathylagidae Great Lakes smelts (North...
- The Cape silverside (Atherina breviceps) is a species of marine fish of the family Atherinidae. It is a brackish, freshwater, pelagic-neritic subtropical...
- 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...
- saliens Mugil cephalus Oedalechilus labeo Jamie minimus Atherina boyeri Atherina hepsetus Atherina presbyter Atherinomorus lacunosus Belone belone Belone...
- Atherinidae family and the Menidia genus. Two other genuses exist in the family, Atherina and Kirtlandia. These fishes are distinguished from other similar species...