Samoan silverside

Hypoatherina temminckii

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–5 m
Water temperature14–30 °C
Best monthsMarch and April
How commonOccasional

About this species

Hypoatherina temminckii, the Samoan silverside, Is a small species of coastal fish In the subfamily Atherinomorinae, and is distributed across the coasts of the Indo-Pacific region.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Samoan silverside”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 23 records
March: 234 records
April: 226 records
May: 64 records
June: 7 records
July: 34 records
August: 18 records
September: 17 records
October: 30 records
November: 25 records
December: 8 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–5 m · Deepest record: 969 m

0–10 m: 74 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–30 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 4 records
22–24 °C: 5 records
24–26 °C: 239 records
26–28 °C: 286 records
28–30 °C: 193 records

Names and classification

English: Samoan silverside, Samoan Hardyhead

Names in 2 more languages

French: Athérine samoan
Japanese: Minamigin-isoiwashi, ミナミギンイソイワシ

Other scientific names: Allanetta afra, Atherina afra, Atherina cylindrica, Atherina gobio, Atherina temmincki, Atherina temminckii, Atherina uisila, Hypoatheria temminckii, Hypoatherina cylindrica, Hypoatherina gobio, Hypoatherina uisila, Hypotherina temminckii, Stenatherina temmincki, Stenatherina temminckii

Similar species

Barnes' silverside
Hypoatherina barnesi
Hypoatherina celebesensis
Fijian silverside
Hypoatherina ovalaua
Panatela Silverside
Hypoatherina panatela
Hardyhead silverside
Atherinomorus lacunosus
Common Hardyhead
Atherinomorus vaigiensis

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,007 open-data records from 1854 to 2023.

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