Autres non-perciformes

Athérines

Classification
Ostéichthyen Atheriniformes Atherinidae (silversides) Atherininae Atherina

Ostéichthyen

Atheriniformes

Atherinidae (silversides)

Atherininae

Atherina

Références web
fishbase en.wiki	specieslist nature22

Description
taille adulte: 3.2 - 20cm worldwide, tropical & temperate waters usually 2 separate dorsal fins, the first, if present, with flexible spines anal fin usually preceded by a spine pelvic fins abdominal, subadominal, or thoracic in position (essentially absent in female phallostethids and highly modified in male phallostethids) broad silvery lateral band parietals usually present feed on zooplancton nonguarders
Identification keys to Atherines (fishbase)

Description

taille adulte: 3.2 - 20cm
worldwide, tropical & temperate waters
usually 2 separate dorsal fins, the first, if present, with flexible spines
anal fin usually preceded by a spine
pelvic fins abdominal, subadominal, or thoracic in position (essentially absent in female phallostethids and highly modified in male phallostethids)
broad silvery lateral band
parietals usually present
feed on zooplancton
nonguarders

Identification keys to Atherines (fishbase)

Etymologies		Source
Atheneridae	Greek, atherina, the Greek name for the eperlane	fishbase



Atherina boyeri
fishbase / doris / fr.wiki / cotebleue / aqua-plongee	Synonymes Big-scale sand smelt / Anchois	Risso, 1810 / LC / ITIS 166024

2016 Salses (66) by Julien Renoult (via INaturalist)	2010 Antiparos (Gr) by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)	2011 Cres (Croatie) by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)


2011 Odessa (Ukraine) ©Yuriy Kvach (via Wikimedia Commons)	2011 Sardinia (It) by Roberto Pillon (via Wikimedia Commons)	2010 Antiparos (Gr) by Roberto Pillon (via fishbase)
E-Atlantiq & Méditerranée (& Mer Noire)	Athérine Joël	subtropical
fusiforme, allongé; bouche supère; short snout; pelvic fins backwards; big eyes; body light silvery with dark silvery stripe with green little row on side of body
20cm / 4ans	dioecism, fécondation externe, openwater, nonguarder	euryhaline species, schooling, some migrating into estuaries
Atherina boyeri

Atherina presbyter
fishbase / doris / lemondeposeidon / fr.wiki / cotebleue / onlinelibrary	Synonymes Sand melt	Cuvier, 1829 / NE / ITIS 166025

1999 Fenit (Ireland) ©Østergaard, Thorke A.S. (via fishbase)


2019 Galicie (Sp) ©Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval (via INaturalist)	©Christian Coudre (via cotebleue)	2019 Plymouth (UK) ©sarahebarne (via INaturalist)


2016 Lagos (Sp) ©Scott Loarie (via INaturalist)	2012 aquarium (Brest) by Citron (via Wikimedia Commons)
NE-Atlantiq & W-Méditerranée	Prêtre	tempéré à subtropical
brilliant silvery stripe running along flanks from head to tail, often outlined in black. No true lateral line; eye diameter same with snout length
20cm	dioecism, fécondation externe, nonguarder	schooling, migrations saisonnières, pélagiq, in spring and summer
Atherina presbyter

Classification
Ostéichthyen Gastérostéiforme Spinachia
18 espèces

Ostéichthyen

Gastérostéiforme

Spinachia

18 espèces

Références web
fishbase en.wiki	specieslist eol fr.wiki

Références web

Description
hémisphère Nord, climat froid à tempéré catadromes taille adulte: 5.5cm à 22cm body often with armor of dermal plates mouth usually small they feed on small crustaceans and fish larvae unusual mating behaviour: The males construct a nest from vegetation held together by secretions from their kidneys. The males then attract females to the nest female will lay its eggs inside the nest where the male can fertilise them. The male then guards the eggs until they hatch (wiki)
Identification keys to Gasterosteidae

Description

hémisphère Nord, climat froid à tempéré
catadromes
taille adulte: 5.5cm à 22cm
body often with armor of dermal plates
mouth usually small
they feed on small crustaceans and fish larvae
unusual mating behaviour: The males construct a nest from vegetation held together by secretions from their kidneys. The males then attract females to the nest
female will lay its eggs inside the nest where the male can fertilise them. The male then guards the eggs until they hatch (wiki)

Identification keys to Gasterosteidae

Etymologies		Source
Gastérostéidae	Greek, gaster = stomach + Greek, osteon = bone	fishbase



Spinachia spinachia
fishbase / mer-littoral / marlin / doris / glaucus	Synonymes Sea stickleback	Linnaeus, 1758 / NE / ITIS 166401

2009 by Citron (via Wikimedia Commons)	2007 aquarium (Paris) by Liné1 (via Wikimedia Commons)	2012 by Citron (via Wikimedia Commons)


2019 Ile de Sein (Fr29) ©Julien Renoult (via INaturalist)	2018 Lanveoc (Fr29) by engelspaul (via INaturalist)	male at nest, by Dieter Florian (via Encyclopedia of Life)
Atlantic NE	épinoche	temperate
front of body brassy-yellow in the male, with larger pectoral fins than in the female
22 cm	dioecism, fécondation externe, nesting & guarding < mâle (female die after laying)	catadrome, benthopélagic, solitaire ou pairs
Spinachia spinachia

MàJ 13/03/2023