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Atherina hepsetus Mediterranean Sand Smelt

Atherina hepsetus is commonly referred to as Mediterranean Sand Smelt. Difficulty in the aquarium: не подходит для аквариума!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
4917 
AphiaID:
272028 
Scientific:
Atherina hepsetus 
German:
Großer Ährenfisch 
English:
Mediterranean Sand Smelt 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Atheriniformes (Order) > Atherinidae (Family) > Atherina (Genus) > hepsetus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Linnaeus, 1758 
Occurrence:
Russland, Straße von Gibraltar, the Black Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Madeira, Morocco, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 50 Meter 
Habitats:
Brackish water, Estuaries (river mouths), Freshwater, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
5.91" - 7.87" (15cm - 20cm) 
Temperature:
16,1 °F - 21,1 °F (16,1°C - 21,1°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Copepods, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
не подходит для аквариума! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-23 20:13:10 

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Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: coasts of Spain and Morocco including Madeira and the Canary Islands.
Also in the western Mediterranean, Adriatic Sea and Black Sea.

Biology:
Littoral, often near shore. Gregarious, sometimes occurs in marine lagoons (France) and estuaries (Portugal).
Feed on pelagic copepods and benthic crustaceans.

Synonymised names
Atherina (Atherina) hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation
Atherina athaerina Nardo, 1827 · unaccepted

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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