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Inland Silverside

Menidia beryllina

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 1,459, February 1,395, March 1,585, April 3,008, May 1,843, June 895, July 805, August 830, September 987, October 1,051, November 1,369, December 1,327.
United States26,466
Texas16,553
Louisiana2,589
Oklahoma1,523
Mississippi983
Alabama820
New Mexico585
Virginia382
Maryland323
North Carolina233

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderSilversides · Atheriniformes
FamilyNeotropical Silversides · Atherinopsidae
GenusMenidia

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