Atlantic Silverside

Menidia menidia

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• Distinguishing characteristics: It is one of the most common fish in the Chesapeake Bay and in the Barnegat Bay.

 

In the Wild

• Habitat: It lives places ranging from the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada to northeastern Florida in USA.
• Diet: Crustaceans, algae, annelid worms, shrimp, zooplankton, copepods, amphipods, squid, and insects.
• Predators:  Striped Bass and Blue Fish
• Size:  6 inches
• Breeding:  Reach maturity at 1 year.  Spawning dependent on moon phase.  Eggs are attached to marsh grass or algae.
• Life Span:  2 yrs

 

 

In the Aquatics Lab

• Diet:  Brine Shrimp
• Size:  3 Inches long
• Quantity:  1

 

 

Other information

• Virginia Regulations:  None
• Commercial Uses:  None

 

“Menidia Menidia Summary Page.” FishBase. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 June 2014

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