Animalia Life

Atherinomorus endrachtensis
FAMILY
Atherinidae
TAXONOMY
Atherina endrachtensis Quoy and Gaimard, 1825, Shark Bay, Western Australia. Type locality probably is given in error; more likely, it is New Guinea or Waigeo Island.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Endracht hardyhead, striped hardyhead, striped silverside; Misima-Paneati: Galgal.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Maximum length about 3.3 in (8.5 cm). Elongate, with typical silverside shape. Moderately deep body. Large eyes and silvery midlateral band. Swim bladder visible through translucent flesh.
DISTRIBUTION
Northern Australian coast, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, New Britain, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia.
HABITAT
Found in shallow coastal waters.
BEHAVIOR
Often schools with other silverside species.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Feeds on zooplankton.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Spawning
BEHAVIOR
unknown.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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