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title: "Brook Silverside"
description: "Labidesthes sicculus — Peixes. Labidesthes sicculus, also known as the brook silverside, is a North American species of Neotropical silverside."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/brook-silverside
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brook Silverside

> Labidesthes sicculus — Peixes. Labidesthes sicculus, also known as the brook silverside, is a North American species of Neotropical silverside.

- Scientific name: *Labidesthes sicculus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 1427
- Wikidata: [Q143344](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143344)
- iNaturalist taxon: [103870](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/103870)

## Names

- en: Brook Silverside
- fr: Crayon d'argent

## Countries with the most observations

US (1002), CA (236)

## Summary

Labidesthes sicculus, also known as the brook silverside, is a North American species of Neotropical silverside. The brook silverside lives in slow moving rivers and lakes from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi Basin and Gulf Coastal Plains. The brook silverside survives best in clear water with aquatic vegetation. L. sicculus feeds on a diet of copepods, insect larvae, and winged insects. The spawning season of the brook silverside occurs during the spring and early summer. The survival of freshwater fishes such as the brook silverside is increasingly threatened. In order to ensure survival of the brook silverside…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389228669

## Machine access

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