Atherina presbyter Sand-smelt

Atherina presbyter is commonly referred to as Sand-smelt. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6525 

AphiaID:

272030 

Scientific:

Atherina presbyter 

German:

Ährenfisch, Streifenfisch 

English:

Sand-smelt 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Atheriniformes (Order) > Atherinidae (Family) > Atherina (Genus) > presbyter (Species) 

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1829 

Occurrence:

West Sahara, Straße von Gibraltar, Tunesien, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Algeria, European Coasts, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Northern Africa, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

12 - 89 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 7.87" (10cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Pas pour l'aquarium! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Atherina boyeri
  Kleiner Ährenfisch
• Atherina breviceps
• 
  Atherina hepsetus
  Großer Ährenfisch
• Atherina lopeziana
• 
  Atherina presbyter
  Ährenfisch, Streifenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-12-19 18:45:38 

Last edit:

2019-09-25 22:37:18 

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