Alex Mustard / Pair of Bar jacks (Caranx ruber) hunting Silversides (Atherinidae) inside cave. Devil's Grotto, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, West Papuan fisherman in boat, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, fan coral and featherstar, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) filter feeding on plankton among Silverside fish that are also feeding on the plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Ind...

Peter Scoones / Shoal of Hardyhead silverside fish {Arthinormorous lacunosus} Indo-pacific

Jeff Rotman / Cup coral {Tubastrea sp} feeding on Silverside fish at night, Red Sea

Graham Eaton / Shoal of Hardyhead Silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus) hunted by a shoal of Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus) along a shoreline. Komandoo Island, Maldives, January.

John Chan / Green heron (Butorides virescens) stalking and catching a Topsmelt silverside (Atherinops affinis) on the edge of a tidal flat, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA, September.

Alex Mustard / Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) school just below surface in evening light, Berenice Jetty, Aqaba, Jordan. Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan.

Alex Mustard / Soft corals (Dendronephthya hemprichi) growing in very shallow water in the shade provided by a jetty, while a school of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) circle. Berenice Jetty, Aqaba, Jordan. Gu...

Tony Wu / Hardyhead silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) huge shoal swarming under the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Tony Wu / Hardyhead silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) swarming around the coral-encrusted remains of a portion of the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea