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Rough Silversides

Membras

Membras is a genus of fish, Neotropical silversides, from freshwater, brackish water and marine habitats along the Atlantic coast of the Americas.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Rough Silverside

speciesMembras martinica

Landia Silverside

speciesMembras gilberti

Backwater Silverside

speciesMembras analis

Cananéia Silverside

speciesMembras dissimilis

Membras procera

speciesMembras procera

Membras pygmaea

speciesMembras pygmaea

Membras argentea

speciesMembras argentea

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Rough Silversides in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.371

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89849.