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Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Alosidae (Shads and Sardines)
Etymology: Brevoortia: From James Carson Brevoort (1818-1887), studie the fauna from Ohio and South Caroline (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Spix & Agassiz.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic. Subtropical; 22°S - 38°S, 60°W - 42°W (Ref. 188)

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Southwest Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil probably to mouth of Rio de la Plata, Argentina (needs confirmation).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111977)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Scutes apparent along belly. Upper jaw with distinct median notch. Pectoral fin tip short of pelvic fin base by width of 3 to 7 scales; pelvic fin with oblique and almost straight hind margin. Pre-dorsal scales modified; scales on back and above base of anal fin not markedly smaller than rest. A black spot behind gill opening, but none along flank.

Forms schools (Ref. 188). The morphological characteristics observed and the composition of the trophic spectrum indicate that this species is a filter-feeder, consuming mainly phytoplankton (Ref. 34154).

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Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 March 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 12.6 - 22.8, mean 16.8 °C (based on 104 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00471 - 0.01341), b=3.06 (2.92 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.8 ±0.31 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming tm=1).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Very high vulnerability (79 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 112 [63, 192] mg/100g; Iron = 1.62 [0.89, 2.74] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [18.3, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.536 [0.326, 0.892] g/100g; Selenium = 21 [11, 42] μg/100g; VitaminA = 10.8 [3.5, 29.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.996 [0.692, 1.440] mg/100g (wet weight);

Brevoortia aurea (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)