Silverside Ball
Menidia menidia
A living ribbon of silver along the shore.
SeaPals' silverside ball is represented by the Atlantic silverside, a little fish that gathers in glittering schools. Its bright side stripe can make the whole group flash when it turns.
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Quick dive
Creature passport
- Home
- Atlantic silversides live near beaches, inlets, and estuaries of eastern North America.
- Favorite foods
- They eat zooplankton, tiny crustaceans, algae, and small insect larvae.
- Size check
- Up to 7 in (18 cm)—about a new pencil
Tell-your-friends facts
Four wonderfully wild things
- 1
Atlantic silversides can handle both salty seawater and brackish estuaries.
- 2
They move into deeper offshore water when winter chills the coast.
- 3
Many coastal fishes and birds depend on silversides as prey.
- 4
Females attach sticky eggs to sand, gravel, or underwater plants.
Ocean superpower
Built to be amazing
A mirror-bright stripe helps a turning school become a confusing flash.
Junior scientist tip
What should I look for?
Find the bold silver stripe running down a slender, nearly see-through body.
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