Species: Atherina harringtonensis, Reef Silverside

lower lip: no projecting teeth
Atherina harringtonensis Goode, 1877
Reef Silverside
Slender, body depth 14% SL, elongate, compressed at rear; belly rounded; eye large (~ 1/3 head length, equal to snout length); head relatively narrow (width 55% of head length), deep, upper profile relatively straight; bony ridge on each side of snout; mouth oblique, top jaw not extendable, extending back past front edge of eye, front (premaxilla) bone with rear end narrow and pointed (not expanded), and with a bony process above its center; lower jaw with prominent elevation at rear (its height > 1/3 jaw length); teeth small, simple, inconspicuous, in bands on jaws, none on tongue; no forward projecting teeth on front of lower jaw; gill rakers long, slender, 24 or more; 1st dorsal V-VI spines, well in front of anal; 2nd dorsal I, 8-10, origin over or just behind anal origin; pectoral i,10; anal I, 11-12, about same length as 2nd dorsal, margin of fin straight; pelvic 2/3 length of pectoral, which is > ¾ length of head; scales small, 42-45 on lateral line, 6 rows above lateral line; breast and throat scaled; bases of dorsal and anal fins not scaled.
Greenish white on back, silvery with bluish reflections below; moderate silver stripe (covering 3rd row of scales down from top plus edges of two adjacent rows) bordered above by an iridescent blue-green line, from gill opening to tail, at front silver stripe is nearly as wide as pectoral fin base; tips of tail dusky.
Size: 10 cm.
Habitat: shallow protected coastal bays and lagoons, and around reefs.
Depth: 0-20 m?
Bermuda to the S Caribbean.

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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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- Near Surface
- Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Estuary
- Mangrove
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic fish larvae
- 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 + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- 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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- 20