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SCIENTIFIC NAME
COMMON NAME
THUMBNAILS
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Atheriniformes
Family Atherinidae
Genus Atherina
Species boyeri
Classification Risso, 1810
Common name big-scale sand smelt
Size total maximum lenght: 15 centimeters

Geographic Range Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Physical Characteristics elongated body, in the back it is lateral compressed. Mouth is big and turned upwards. The back is gray with black spots, a silver strip runs through the flank, the abdomen is whitish.
Behaviour it occurs in great schools.
Habitat it is a very euryhaline species, which is frequently found in brackish waters and more sporadically in freshwater.
Food habits carnivorous, it feeds on small crustaceans, worms, mollusks and fish larvae.

Sources  
References FishBase
Web References http://www.fishbase.org./search.cfm
Source of the photo http://www.ittiofauna.org/

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