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Teleostei (teleosts) > Atheriniformes (Silversides) > Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides) > Menidiinae
Etymology: Atherinella: Greek, atherina, the Greek name for the eperlane; 1770, diminutive (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic. Tropical; 13°N - 36°S, 77°W - 34°W

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Western Central Atlantic: northern coast of South America.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 7.6 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 97037); common length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217)

Found over soft bottoms, in brackish or hypersaline littoral lagoons and protected areas of the open sea.

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Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992. Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD. (Ref. 5217)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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Atherinella brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)