silverside
noun
sil·ver·side
ˈsil-vər-ˌsīd 
: any of various small chiefly marine bony fishes (family Atherinidae) with a silvery stripe along each side of the body
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Tiny anchovies and silversides rained onto the deck.
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Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The minimal water disturbance created by a needlefish plug on a slow, steady retrieve is a closer match to slender baitfish like sand eels and silversides.
—Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
Gilboa was joined by aquarist Ethan Valfre, 40, who divided up raw, white shrimp, Atlantic silverside, tiny orange krill and cubes of fishmeal into buckets.
—James T. Bartlett, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2020
Research will focus on the impact of tiny plastics on an estuary fish called the inland silversides and on oyster larvae off the Oregon coast.
—USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
Other species—Atlantic cod and silverside, corals, larger phytoplankton—are not projected to fare as well in a more acidic ocean, and biodiversity as a whole will almost certainly be diminished.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2018
Fresh squid and or silversides (spearing) have also been producing.
—Hartford Courant, courant.com, 8 June 2017
Horton posted a photograph of a trap with a banner catch of silversides on Facebook.
—C.j. Chivers, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2016
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Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The minimal water disturbance created by a needlefish plug on a slow, steady retrieve is a closer match to slender baitfish like sand eels and silversides.
—Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
Gilboa was joined by aquarist Ethan Valfre, 40, who divided up raw, white shrimp, Atlantic silverside, tiny orange krill and cubes of fishmeal into buckets.
—James T. Bartlett, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2020
Research will focus on the impact of tiny plastics on an estuary fish called the inland silversides and on oyster larvae off the Oregon coast.
—USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
Other species—Atlantic cod and silverside, corals, larger phytoplankton—are not projected to fare as well in a more acidic ocean, and biodiversity as a whole will almost certainly be diminished.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2018
Fresh squid and or silversides (spearing) have also been producing.
—Hartford Courant, courant.com, 8 June 2017
Horton posted a photograph of a trap with a banner catch of silversides on Facebook.
—C.j. Chivers, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2016
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“Silverside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silverside. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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