Brook Silverside
Labidesthes sicculus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 772
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Labidesthes sicculus, also known as the brook silverside, is a North American species of Neotropical silverside. The brook silverside lives in slow moving rivers and lakes from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi Basin and Gulf Coastal Plains. The brook silverside survives best in clear water with aquatic vegetation. L. sicculus feeds on a diet of copepods, insect larvae, and winged insects. The spawning season of the brook silverside occurs during the spring and early summer. The survival of freshwater fishes such as the brook silverside is increasingly threatened. In order to ensure survival of the brook silverside, turbidity of natural habitats should be monitored. Adults typically reach a length of about 3 inches (7.6 cm), with a maximum recorded length of approximately 5.1 inches (13 cm).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Brook silverside”.