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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).
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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
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Common names from other countries

淡水美洲原银汉鱼, Skipjack, 淡水美洲原銀漢魚, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Atheriniformes (Silversides) > Atherinopsidae (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 Ecología

; agua dulce pelágico; pH range: 6.6 - 6.8.   Temperate; 35°N - 34°N

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