Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range					
						Ekologi					
				
				
				
					marina; sötvatten; brackvatten pelagic-neritic;  djupintervall 1 - ? m (Ref. 27363). Subtropical; 11°C - 24°C (Ref. 52052); 26°S -   41°S				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					South America:  southern Argentina and Río de La Plata.  Introduced into Europe and Asia.
				
				
			
			
				
					Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age
				
				
				
					Könsmognad: Lm 13.2  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 50.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 12187); rapporterad maxålder: 4 år (Ref. 59043)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 6; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 9; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 1; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 18 - 22. Body bluish brown dorsally, silvery ventrally.  A broad silvery band with dark blue upper margin running from pectoral fin base to caudal fin base along midbody.  Upper surface of head, pectoral and caudal fins blackish (Ref. 27363).  Scales in the lateral line series above the lateral band 52-60; predorsal scales 28-35 (Ref. 47314).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Inhabit coastal lagoons and near estuaries, usually in freshwater (Ref. 27363, 59043).  Gregarious.  Adults feed on zooplankton.  Mature adults spawn for the first time at 1-2 years.  Eggs are deposited among aquatic vegetation (Ref. 59043). Maximum length estimated from the fact that the congeneric Odontesthes incisa has a common length of 10 cm TL.  This species is a cool water predator that has affected the abundance of other species native to the lakes (Ref. 1739). The fisheries has now flourished especially in lakes and reservoirs, in Peru, Argentina, southern Brazil and Chile.			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Dyer, B.S., 1998. Phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography of the neotropical silverside family Atherinopsidae (Teleostei: Atheriniformes). p. 519-536. In L.R. Malabarba, R.E. Reis, R.P. Vari, Z.M.S. Lucena and C.A.S. Lucena (eds.) Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. (Ref. 33128)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Potential pest				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Human uses  				
				
				
					Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell; Vattenbruk: kommersiell; sportfisk: ja				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
 
				
										
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00525 (0.00314 - 0.00878), b=3.05 (2.91 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
 
									
					
					Trofisk nivå  (Ref. 
69278):  2.6   ±0.24 se; based on food items.					
 
				
					
						 Generation time: 2.0 (1.5 - 2.8) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 31
 growth studies.					 
				
				
										
						Resiliens  (Ref. 
120179):  Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (K=0.1; tmax=4).					
 
								
					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 114 [67, 217] mg/100g; Iron = 1.57 [0.90, 2.57] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [17.2, 22.2] %; Omega3 = 0.284 [0.129, 0.706] g/100g; Selenium = 22.1 [9.9, 46.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.4 [2.1, 20.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.19 [0.84, 1.68] mg/100g (wet weight);