Hardyhead silverside

Hardyhead silverside

Taxobox
name = Hardyhead silverside


image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Atheriniformes
familia = Atherinidae
genus = "Atherinomorus"
species = "A. lacunosus"
binomial = "Atherinomorus lacunosus"
binomial_authority = (Forster, 1801)

The hardyhead silverside, "Atherinomorus lacunosus", is a silverside of the family Atherinidae, found circumglobally in subtropical oceans (except the Atlantic) near the surface. Its length is up to 25 cm.

The hardyhead silverside is a round-bodied fish with a large bony head, big eyes, and a small upturned mouth. The first dorsal fin has six spines, and the second has one spine and a few soft rays. The body colour is a green above, whitish below, and like all other members of this family there is a distinctive silver band along each side.

They feed on small planktonic animals.

References

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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, "Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand", (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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