Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Atherinella nesiotes
plateado rayado, Broadstripe silverside
Size> To about 10 cm.
A schooling fish that lives in coastal waters and feeds on plankton and small neckton.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Atheriniformes
Family
Atherinopsidae
Genus
Atherinella
Species
nesiotes
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Eastern Pacific from Mazatlan, Mexico and Galapagos.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Atherinella nesiotes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13158. Accessed 4 November 2026.