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Common names: Aterina, Aterinka
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Atheriniformes (Silversides) > Atherinidae (Silversides) > Atherininae
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Common names from other countries

Атерина южноевропейская, حُساس متوسّطيّ, 银带真银汉鱼, ... more

Main reference

Maugé, L.A. 1990. (Ref. 4499)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Dyer, Brian S. | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30578); max. reported age: 4 years (Ref. 59043)

Length at first maturity
L_m 5.8, range 5 - ? cm

Environment

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 59043); depth range 1 - ? m

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 11°C (Ref. 107945); 53°N - 20°N, 18°W - 42°E

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: Portugal and Spain to Nouadhibou in Mauritania and Madeira, and throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Isolated populations on coasts of England and the Netherlands (Ref. 5980). Previously, two subspecies were recognized in Russian waters: Atherina boyeri pontica (Eichwald, 1838) from the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and Atherina boyeri caspia (Eichwald, 1838) from the Caspian Sea (Ref. 26334).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-16; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 10 - 18. Eye diameter wider than snout length (Ref. 35388).

A very euryhaline species, where adults are frequently found in brackish waters and more sporadically in freshwater (Ref. 3788), preferring still or slow flowing waters in freshwater (Ref. 59043). They are found in lower parts of rivers, estuaries, coastal lakes and sea; pelagic in lakes (Ref. 59043). Adults occur in great schools. They are carnivorous, feeding on small crustaceans, worms, mollusks (Ref. 5980) and fish larvae (Ref. 35388) in lakes and estuaries, and on benthos in rivers (Ref. 59043). Can usually live 1 to 2 years, rarely up to 4 years. Some populations undergo spawning migrations into estuaries. Mature individuals are fractional spawners, larger individuals spawn for a longer period. Eggs are demersal, with long hairy appendages attaching them to the substrate consisting of filamentous algae, often at depths of 2 to 6 m. Larvae are pelagic often forming schools close to the shores (Ref. 59043).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.2 ±0.36 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.8; tm=1; tmax=4;)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810