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Atherina presbyter, Print, The sand smelt (Atherina presbyter) is a species of marine fish of the Atherinidae family, common in the north-eastern Atlantic from the Danish straits, where it is rare, and Scotland to the Canary Islands and the western Mediterranean Sea. Sand smelt are small, pelagic fishes which are found in coastal areas and in estuaries. They are a schooling species which undertake seasonal migrations in the Atlantic. They are carnivorous and prey on small crustaceans and fish larvae. Reproduction takes place in the spring and summer, in the North Sea and the English Channel spawning takes place over midsummer., 1700-1880.

Atherina presbyter, Print, The sand smelt (Atherina presbyter) is a species of marine fish of the Atherinidae family, common in the north-eastern Atlantic from the Danish straits, where it is rare, and Scotland to the Canary Islands and the western Mediterranean Sea. Sand smelt are small, pelagic fishes which are found in coastal areas and in estuaries. They are a schooling species which undertake seasonal migrations in the Atlantic. They are carnivorous and prey on small crustaceans and fish larvae. Reproduction takes place in the spring and summer, in the North Sea and the English Channel spawning takes place over midsummer., 1700-1880.
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Atherina presbyter, Print, The sand smelt (Atherina presbyter) is a species of marine fish of the Atherinidae family, common in the north-eastern Atlantic from the Danish straits, where it is rare, and Scotland to the Canary Islands and the western Mediterranean Sea. Sand smelt are small, pelagic fishes which are found in coastal areas and in estuaries. They are a schooling species which undertake seasonal migrations in the Atlantic. They are carnivorous and prey on small crustaceans and fish larvae. Reproduction takes place in the spring and summer, in the North Sea and the English Channel spawning takes place over midsummer., 1700-1880
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1700-1880 • ATHERINA PRESBYTER • ATHERINIDAE FAMILY • ATLANTIC OCEAN • ATLANTIC • BARRAGE • CANARY ISLANDS • CARNIVOROUS • COASTAL AREAS • COMMON • DAM • DANISH STRAITS • ENGLISH CHANNEL SPAWNING TAKES PLACE • ESTUARIES • FISH LARVAE • GENERAL • MARINE FISH • MIDSUMMER • NORTH SEA • NORTH-EASTERN ATLANTIC • OCEAN, ATLANTIC • PELAGIC FISHES • PREY • PRINT • RARE • REPRODUCTION TAKES PLACE • SAND SMELT • SCHOOLING SPECIES • SCOTLAND UNITED KINGDOM • SCOTLAND • SEASON: SUMMER • SMALL CRUSTACEANS • SMALL • SPECIES • SPRING • SUMMER • SUMMERS • SUMMERTIME • TINY • UNDERTAKE SEASONAL MIGRATIONS • WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA