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n. - Silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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  • Other species include banded killfish, mummichog, tidewater silverside, bay anchovy, tesselated darter and spottail shiner.
  • Fish species occurring in the numerous tidal creeks adjacent to the component include mummichog, white perch, spot and menhaden.
  • The most common of these have been the American eel, alewife, common mummichog, Atlantic silverside, and three sticklebacks (fourspine, threespine, and ninespine).
  • Forty-four species of fish have been collected from the waters of this site, including spot, mullet, summer flounder, pompano, menhaden, bluefish, striped killfish,...
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