Cape silverside
Species of fish
Cape silverside | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Atherinidae |
Genus: | Atherina |
Species: | A. breviceps |
Binomial name | |
Atherina breviceps Valenciennes, 1835 | |
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The Cape silverside (Atherina breviceps) is a species of marine fish of the family Atherinidae. It is a brackish, freshwater, pelagic-neritic subtropical fish up to 11.0 cm maximal length. It is widespread in the southeastern Atlantic from Lüderitz in Namibia to northern Natal in South Africa.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Atherina breviceps" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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