Species: Menidia clarkhubbsi, Texas Silverside
distance D1 to A < 7% (1.2-8.3 %) SL
Menidia clarkhubbsi Echelle & Mosier, 1982
Texas Silverside
Slender, elongate, compressed; eye large; snout shorter than eye, without pits, pores or tubes on top; top jaw extendible, premaxilla with rear end greatly expanded, without expanded bony process above its center; teeth well developed, in bands; first dorsal IV, origin before anus; soft dorsal usually 8 rays; horizontal distance between 1st dorsal and anal usually <7% of SL; anal fin I, 16-18, its margin strongly concave; pelvics inserted nearer pectoral base than anal origin; scales without scalloped edges; lateral scales 37-41.
Greenish above, pale below; a prominent silver stripe along side.
Reaches 10 cm.
Shallow nearshore areas, including coastal ponds.
Depth range: 0-5 m.
NW Gulf of Mexico.
M. clarkhubbsi is the result of hybridization between M. beryllina and M. peninsulae and is thus not a true species.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Mid Water
- Near Surface
- Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Estuary
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- GC endemic
- Gulf of Mexico endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 10
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
