Cape silverside

Cape silverside
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinidae
Genus:	Atherina
Species:	A. breviceps
Binomial name
	Atherina breviceps; Valenciennes, 1835
Synonyms
	Atherina parvipinnis Valenciennes, 1835; Hepsetia breviceps (Valenciennes, 1835);

The Cape silverside (Atherina breviceps) is a species of marine fish of the Atherinidae family. 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.). "Atherina breviceps". FishBase. June 2012 version.

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