Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinopsidae Neotropical silversides
Subfamily: Menidiinae
Genus: Membras

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8 species (see list below)
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Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Membras analis (Schultz, 1948)

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Membras analis
[Backwaters silverside]

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South America
Max. Length 4.2 cm SL
Membras argentea (Schultz, 1948)

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Membras argentea
[]

Photo by Vaske Jr., T.

Southwest Atlantic.
Max. Length 6.0 cm SL
Membras dissimilis (Carvalho, 1956)

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Membras dissimilis
[]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Membras gilberti (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)

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Membras gilberti
[Landia silverside]

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Western Atlantic
Max. Length 12.5 cm TL
Membras martinica (Valenciennes, 1835)

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Membras martinica
[Rough silverside]
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Max. Length 3.7 cm SL
 
Membras procera
[]
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Max. Length 4.3 cm SL
 
Membras pygmaea
[]
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Membras vagrans
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Membras analis Backwaters silverside Western Central Atlantic 12 TL 1948
Membras argentea South America 4.2 SL 1948
Membras dissimilis Southwest Atlantic. 6.0 SL 1956
Membras gilberti Landia silverside Eastern Central Pacific 20 TL 1890
Membras martinica Rough silverside Western Atlantic 12.5 TL 1835
Membras procera Western Central Alantic 3.7 SL 2020
Membras pygmaea Western Atlantic 4.3 SL 2020
Membras vagrans Western Central Atlantic 1879



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