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Menidia notata
Silversides Sil"ver*sides`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinid[ae], having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker. Brook silversides (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.
Menidia notata
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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- Menidia is a genus of Neotropical silversides native to freshwater, brackish and marine habitats along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of North...
- The Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia), also known as spearing in the northeastern United States, is a small species of fish that is one of the most...
- The inland silverside (Menidia beryllina) is a neotropical silverside native to eastern North America, and introduced into California. It is a fish of...
- migration, reproductive strategy, and environmental **** determination and its adaptive significance in the Atlantic silverside, Menidia menidia (1982)...
- silverside (Membras martinica) Inland silverside (Menidia beryllina) Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia) Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) Northern snakehead...
- dominated by forage species, with bay anchovy and Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia) being very abundant. The top ranked fish by their relative abundance...
- The Key silverside (Menidia conchorum) is a species of fish in the family Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. It is endemic to the Florida Keys. The American...
- "Ontogenesis of gonadal aromatase gene expression in atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia) po****tions with genetic and temperature-dependent **** determination"...
- Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Atherinopsidae". FishBase. June 2012 version. Menidia beryllina Photo and Information at MBL Aquaculture v t e...
- no input from males. All-female species include the Texas silverside, Menidia clarkhubbsi and a complex of Mexican mollies.: 162  Parthenogenesis has...