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title: "Atlantic Silverside"
description: "Menidia menidia — Vissen. The Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia), also known as spearing in the northeastern United States, is a small species of fish that is one of the most abundant fish species present in estuarine habitats along the Atlantic coast of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/atlantic-silverside
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Silverside

> Menidia menidia — Vissen. The Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia), also known as spearing in the northeastern United States, is a small species of fish that is one of the most abundant fish species present in estuarine habitats along the Atlantic coast of North America.

- Scientific name: *Menidia menidia*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2632
- Wikidata: [Q2780763](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2780763)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146827](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146827)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Silverside
- de: Mondährenfisch
- es: Pejerrey del Atlántico
- fr: Capucette

## Countries with the most observations

US (1562), CA (148)

## Summary

The Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia), also known as spearing in the northeastern United States, is a small species of fish that is one of the most abundant fish species present in estuarine habitats along the Atlantic coast of North America. It is a common subject of scientific research because of its sensitivity to environmental changes. According to the IUCN Red List, this species is stable and has no major threats to its populations, so it is marked Least Concern.  Despite being an extremely common species, most individuals die after one year once they migrate offshore, but a few will make it to two years…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_silverside

## Photo

![Atlantic Silverside](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-silverside/medium.jpg)

Photo: nickjeff13 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/307595753

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-silverside?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).