| Mediterranean sand smelt | |
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| Mediterranean sand smelt | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Atherinidae |
| Genus: | Atherina |
| Species: | A. hepsetus |
| Binomial name | |
| Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Mediterranean sand smelt, Atherina hepsetus, is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. Pelagic-neritic, brackishwater / marine fish. Widespread in the Eastern Atlantic: coasts of Spain and Morocco including Madeira and the Canary Islands. Also in the western Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black Seas.