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Common names: Sand-smelt
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Rarely taken by beach-seine at Port Erin. Post-larvae and young in pools at HWN, Poyll Breinn, summer 1959 (Ref. 9488).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/im.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Quignard, J.-P. and A. Pras, 1986
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> Atheriniformes (Silversides) > Atherinidae (Silversides) > Atherininae
Etymology: Atherina: Greek, atherina, the Greek name for the eperlane; 1770 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

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

marin; saumâtre; océanodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 1 - 10 m (Ref. 55871). Subtropical; 60°N - 14°N, 26°W - 17°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Kattegat (rare) and British Isles to Canary Islands, Mauritania and Cape Verde, also western Mediterranean.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 30578); âge max. reporté: 4 années (Ref. 232)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total): 7 - 9; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 114; Épines anales 1; Rayons mous anaux: 14 - 17. Scales in longitudinal series 52-57. Vertebrae 46-52 (Morocco), 49-52 (the Netherlands). No pyloric appendages. A large, characteristic, brilliant silvery stripe running along flanks from head to tail, often outlined in black. No true lateral line (Ref. 232). Eye diameter same with snout length (Ref. 35388).

Small pelagic fishes in coastal areas and estuaries. Schooling, seasonal migrations in the Atlantic. Feeds on carnivorous small crustaceans and fish larvae (Ref. 5980). Reproduces in spring and summer (Ref. 30578).

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Spawning occurs in midsummer in English Channel and North Sea.

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Dyer, Brian S. | Collaborateurs

Maugé, L.A., 1990. Atherinidae. p. 604-605. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4499)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 May 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: pêcheries vivrières; pêche sportive: oui

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 9.2 - 20.3, mean 11.5 (based on 348 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00525 (0.00318 - 0.00866), b=3.12 (2.98 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.43 se; based on food items.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=0.70; tmax=4).

Prior r = 1.00, 95% CL = 0.66 - 1.50, Based on 1 stock assessment.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Atherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829