Mediterranean sand smelt

Mediterranean sand smelt
Mediterranean sand smelt
Mediterranean sand smelt
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Genus: Atherina
Species: A. hepsetus
Binomial name
Atherina hepsetus
Linnaeus, 1758

Mediterranean sand smelt, Atherina hepsetus, is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. Pelagic-neritic, brackishwater / marine fish. Widespread in the Eastern Atlantic: coasts of Spain and Morocco including Madeira and the Canary Islands. Also in the western Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black Seas.

The flock of sand-smelts Atherina hepsetus

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