Sand smelt

Sand smelt (Atherina boyeri) migration within the water system of the Camargue, southern France Auteur(s) / Author(s) ROSECCHI E. ; CRIVELLI A. J. More

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The sand smelt grows to a maximum length of 20cm.It has a protruding lower jaw and a large mouth set an oblique angle to its head. More

The population of sand smelt, Atherina presbyter, breeding in the Fleet, Dorset, shows a high infection of diplostomiasis. The population was studied in 1983 to clarify aspects for this parasitic condition previously analysed for the sand smelt population at Fawley, Southampton Water. More

SAND SMELT DEFINITIONS - 4 definitions found - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Sand grouse (Zol.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. More

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Order : Atheriniformes
Family : Atherinidae
Genus : Atherina
Species : Atherina presbyter
Authority : Cuvier, 1829