Labidesthes vanhyningi
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Atheriniformes (Silversides)
Atherinopsidae (New World Silversides)
Labidesthes
Labidesthes vanhyningi
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated. This species is distinguished and differs from L. sicculus by the following characters: Labidesthes vanhyningi have the anterolateral processes of the posttemporals
shorter than width of the base (vs. L. sicculus having the processes longer than width of base); with a midlateral stripe that does not taper, usually expanding, to insertion of pectoral fin in advance of the first dorsal-fin (vs. tapering to insertion of pectoral fin in advance of first dorsal fin); a ratio of thoracic length to abdominal length less than 2 (vs. greater than 2) (Ref. 104856).
Distribution
North America: known from the drainages of the Gulf of Mexico (from the Neches River, including the Lower Mississippi River) and east around the southern tip of peninsular Florida and north to the Pee Dee River drainage.
Habitat Associations
Freshwater. pelagic-neritic.
Biology
Max length: 6.4 cm SL.
IUCN Red List Status: N.E. (N.E.). Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Werneke, D.C. and J.W. Armbruster (2015) Silversides of the genus Labidesthes (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae). Zootaxa 4032(5):535-550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.5.4
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