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At the zoo, the penguins are fed fish that are readily available, sustainably caught and comparable to their wild diet, like herring and silversides, Pardo said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

The striped bass and largemouth bass are invaders, as are Mississippi silversides, which feed on smelt eggs and young – though scientists have contested that these predators are responsible for smelt declines.

From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2019

The swirling buffet of its prey includes cardinalfish and silversides.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2013

Species such as bluefish, bonito, tuna and mackerel can be chummed up behind the boat fairly easily with ground menhaden, silversides or herring.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes you may have to assist in the collecting trip besides, as for green sea-urchins and the like; or perhaps you may have to draw a seine for silversides and small fish.

From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis