California Grunion (Leuresthes tenuis)

Also known as Californian Grunion, Grunion, Oceanic Silverside

Description

Also known as Californian Grunion, Grunion, Oceanic Silverside.

Found in large schools, usually close to the surface of inshore waters, in bays and along open coastlines. These are beach spawning fish.
They feed on plankton.
Length - 19cm
Depth - 0-18m
Eastern Pacific - Mexico, USA

Neotropical silversides are distributed in freshwater and marine temperate waters of America. Often used as bait food. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Leuresthes-tenuis.html

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