Inland Silverside

Menidia beryllina

Inland Silverside
Photo credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region on Flickr

Status

Endangered

Physical 

The Inland Silverside is approximately 3 inches long. The edge of the anal (underside) fin is strongly curved, usually containing 16-19 vertical lines.

Image by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region on Flickr

Habitat

It ranges from Massachusetts to Florida and around the Gulf of Mexico and is found in coastal fresh and tidal waters, found in large schools.

 

Feeding 

Silversides eat microcrustaceans and aquatic and land insects.

Inland Silverside
Photo credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region on Flickr