Slender Silverside

Scientific Name: Hypoatherina barnesi
Family: Silversides - Atherinidae
Maximum Size: 7cm
Identification: Thin body (compare with Robust Silverside); greenish silver; bright narrow stripe from upper eye to tail, broad stripe below running from gill cover to near origin of anal fin.
Favourite: Form large schools.
Hide-out: Lagoons and along shore lines.
Location: Indo-West Pacific - E. Africa to N.E. Australia, Fiji and N. Cook Is.