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Menidia extensa Hubbs & Raney, 1946

Waccamaw silverside
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Common names: Skipjack, Waccamaw silverside
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Davis, J.R. and D.E. Louder, 1969
Importance: commercial | Ref: Davis, J.R. and D.E. Louder, 1969
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref: Davis, J.R. and D.E. Louder, 1969
Regulations: protected | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Uses: bait: yes;
Comments: Common but protected as a threatened species due to extremely small range. Very fragile when handled, almost always went into immediate and fatal shock when collected (Ref. 35360). So far, efforts to culture have been unsuccessful (Ref. 35360). Status of threat: threatened; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1,5 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(, ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > Atheriniformes (Silversides) 銀漢魚目 (Silversides) > Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides) 擬銀漢魚科 (Neotropical silversides) > Menidiinae
Etymology: Menidia: Greek, menoeides, -es, -es = like a half noon shape (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Hubbs & Raney.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生態學

; 淡水 大洋性; pH range: 6.6 - 6.8.   溫帶; 35°N - 34°N

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