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title: "Ateryna Boyera"
description: "Atherina boyeri — Ryby. The big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri) is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/big-scale-sand-smelt
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ateryna Boyera

> Atherina boyeri — Ryby. The big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri) is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae.

- Scientific name: *Atherina boyeri*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki), `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1630
- Wikidata: [Q301035](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301035)
- iNaturalist taxon: [94786](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/94786)

## Names

- en: Big-scale Sand Smelt
- de: Kleiner Ährenfisch
- es: Pejerrey mediterráneo
- fr: Joël
- nl: Kleine koornaarvis
- pl: Ateryna Boyera

## Countries with the most observations

GR (316), FR (243), IT (176), HR (79), ES (62), TR (30), RU (20), UA (12), PT (10), SI (7), ME (5), MT (5)

## Summary

The big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri) is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. It is a euryhaline amphidromous fish, up to 20 cm in length.

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

## Photo

![Ateryna Boyera](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/big-scale-sand-smelt/medium.jpg)

Photo: Crebassa Jason · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/280793452

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/big-scale-sand-smelt?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).