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The scientific name (L. saccharinum) indicates that the silverfish's diet consists of carbohydrates such as sugar or starches. While the common name silverfish is used throughout the global literature to refer to various species of Zygentoma, the Entomological Society of America restricts use of the term solely for Lepisma saccharinum. [2]
Fishes with a common name of silver fish or silverfish may include: Aphareus rutilans; Argentina sphyraena; Argyrozona argyrozona; Labeobarbus bynni; Enteromius mattozi;
The Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarctica), or Antarctic herring, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefishes. It is native to the Southern Ocean and the only truly pelagic fish in the waters near Antarctica. [2] It is a keystone species in the ecosystem of the Southern ...
Lepisma is a genus of primitive insects in the order Zygentoma and the family Lepismatidae. [2]The most familiar member of the genus Lepisma is the silverfish (L. saccharinum), a cosmopolitan species that likes damp habitats, tends to hide in crevices and is usually found in human habitations, becoming household pests under certain conditions. [3]
The silverside's strongest form of defense is the strength-in-numbers strategy, where fish will school in large numbers to reduce the likelihood of individual predation. The Atlantic silverside's predators are larger predatory fish – striped bass, blue fish, Atlantic mackerel – and many water birds, including egrets, terns, cormorants, and ...
Ctenolepisma longicaudatum, generally known as the gray silverfish, long-tailed silverfish or paper silverfish, is a species of Zygentoma in the family Lepismatidae. It was described by the German entomologist Karl Leopold Escherich in 1905 based on specimens collected in South Africa , [ 1 ] but is found worldwide as synanthrope in human housings.
Lepismatidae is a family of primitive wingless insects with about 190 described species. This family contains the two most familiar members of the order Zygentoma: the silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum) and the firebrat (Thermobia domestica).
The silverjaw minnow gets its name from silvery-looking sensory organs along its jaw. [6] The word minnow comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon word for small, myne . [ 3 ] The alternate scientific name, Ericymba buccata comes from the Greek word eri , meaning intensifying, the Greek word cymba , meaning cavity, and the Latin word buccata ...