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Atherinidae
Red Sea hardyhead silverside
Atherinomorus forskalii
Thirteen Point Three Centimeters Atherinid Fish of the Indian Ocean
- Silver
- Tropical
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Silver
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Fusiform
SmallRed Sea hardyhead silverside is a marine fish found around Western Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 13.3 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Silversides
- Family
- Atherinidae
- Genus
- Atherinomorus
- Maximum length
- 13.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: endemic to the Red Sea. Lessepsian migrant to Mediterranean Sea.
Class
Family
