silversides

IPA: sˈɪɫvɝsaɪdz

Examples of "silversides" in Sentences

The top photo is from NOAA collection; the silversides drawing is by H.
In New Jersey, what most of the world calls silversides or smelt, we call spearing.
These species include several live-bearing fishes in the family Goodeidae and a number of silversides in the endemic Mexican genus Chirostoma.
I even admit to thinking that some fish are just playing after on many different occasions watching Atlantic silversides Menidia menidia jumping over floating twigs over and over again.
As in other island hotspots, there are two distinct groups of freshwater fishes in the Caribbean: on smaller and younger islands, most fish are species that are widespread in marine waters but also enter freshwater to some degree, while on the larger and older islands of the Greater Antilles, there are several groups that occupy inland waters, including gars, killifishes, silversides and cichlids.