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Big-scale sand smelt (Atherina lopeziana)
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Big-scale sand smelt (Atherina lopeziana) specimen
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Atherinidae

Big-scale sand smelt

Atherina lopeziana

Data Deficient Atherinid Fish of the Atlantic Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Offshore
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Atherina lopeziana is a species of marine fish of the family Atherinidae. This pelagic-neritic fish grows to 8.0 cm maximal length. Widespread in the eastern Atlantic, it occurs in the Gulf of Guinea to the Bight of Bonny and offshore archipelago and is registered near Cape Verde.

Maximum length
8 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: confined in the Gulf of Guinea to the Bay of Biafra and offshore archipelago. Reported from Cape Verde (Ref. 27000 ).
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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