Family : Atherinidae (Silversides) , subfamily: Atherininae
Order : Atheriniformes  (silversides)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Sumatran silverside
Fish Name : Hypoatherina valenciennei
Max size : 12.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9760)
Environment : pelagic-neritic
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: widely distributed throughout the southwest Pacific including Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Viet Nam, Singapore, New Britain, Hermit Island Group, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Hong Kong and as far as Japan.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 5-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 10-13. Free edge of premaxilla densely covered with minute shagreen denticles. Coronoid process of dentary not rounded as in other Hypoatherina species (Ref. 9760). Body covered by large round scales, head is nude except opercle is covered by scales. Silver white colored body (Ref. 41252).
Biology : Found near the coast and the surface (Ref. 11230). Occurs in estuaries (Ref. 7050). Probably important as forage fish. Nothing is known of the biology of this fish (Ref. 9760)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Dyer, Brian S.
Main Ref : Ivantsoff, W. and L.E.L.M. Crowley. 1999. (Ref. 9760)

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Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses