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The silverside's strongest form of defense is the strength-in-numbers strategy, where fish will school in large numbers to reduce the likelihood of individual predation. The Atlantic silverside's predators are larger predatory fish – striped bass, blue fish, Atlantic mackerel – and many water birds, including egrets, terns, cormorants, and ...
Menidia is a genus of Neotropical silversides native to freshwater, brackish and marine habitats along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of North America, ranging from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Canada to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The species M. clarkhubbsi, an all-female species, reproduces asexually. [4]
The neotropical silversides are a family, Atherinopsidae, of fishes in the order Atheriniformes. About 112 species in 13 genera are distributed throughout the tropical and temperate waters of the New World, including both marine and freshwater habitats. The familiar grunions and Atlantic silverside belong to this family.
The Old World silversides are a family, Atherinidae, of fish in the order Atheriniformes. Atherinidae are abundant and considered bony fish (teleost) that are widespread globally, living in rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters. [ 4 ]
The Mississippi silversides are planktivores that live in the inshore areas of Clear Lake. Ten years after the introduction of the silversides, research was conducted to see if the Clear Lake hitch was impacted by the non-native fish. [9] It was discovered that Clear Lake hitch's diet or growth rates weren't impacted by the introduced fish.
The brook silverside occupies freshwater lakes, ponds, quiet pools and small rivers. The environment ranges from cool to warm water [4] with variability in levels of gradient and vegetation. Consistently, however, the brook silverside prefers clear water with low substrate concentrations. [2] The brook silverside is vulnerable to turbid waters. [5]
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Hypoatherina valenciennei (Bleeker, 1854) (Sumatran silverside) Fishbase has H. gobio as a synonym of H. temminckii and H. klunzingeri as a synonym of H. barnesi , while H. panatela is listed as Stenatherina panatela , [ 2 ] other authorities include these species within Hypoatherina and place H. crenolepsis , H. harringtonensis , H. ovalua and ...