Species: Hypoatherina harringtonensis, Reef silverside
eye large
lower lip: no central teeth pointing out
Hypoatherina harringtonensis (Goode, 1877)
Reef silverside
Slender, elongate, compressed at rear; belly rounded; eye large 1/3 head length, equal to snout length); head relatively narrow (width 55% of head length), not very deep, upper profile relatively straight; snout somewhat pointed; mouth oblique, top jaw not extendible; top of upper jaw straight, extends to eye, 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 lip; gill rakers long, slender, 24 or more; 1st dorsal V-VII spines, well in front of anal; 2nd dorsal I, 8-10, origin over or just behind anal origin; 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: 0-10 m?
A tropical West Atlantic species that was introduced into our region at Tumaco, Colombia.
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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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- Water column only
- Surface
- Near Surface
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Exotic (Introduced)
- TEP non-endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- All species
- Residency
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- Vagrant
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / 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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- 10
