Hawaiian Islands Silverside

Slender fish with moderately laterally compressed body. Teeth on vomer very small and difficult to see. Gill rakers with spinules longer than diameter of pupil. Predorsal scales 20-23.

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 15 - 18

Occurs in shallow water near the shoreline (Ref. 122680). Swims in small schools during the day close to the shoreline, disperse at night spreading over the reef. Preyed upon by larger species. Is a nocturnal planktivore that takes mostly crustaceans and foraminiferans (Ref. 13550).

Swim in small schools during the day close to the shoreline, disperse at night spreading over the reef. Nocturnal feeders of plankton, mostly crustaceans and forams. Preyed upon by larger species.

fisheries: of no interest

Atherinomorus insularum is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae.