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Clupeonella engrauliformis (Borodin, 1904)

Anchovy sprat
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Ehiravidae (River sprats)
Etymology: Clupeonella: Latin, clupea = sardine, derived from Clupeus = shield; diminutive (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Borodin.

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

Brackish; pelagic; depth range 0 - 78 m (Ref. 188). Temperate; 44°N - 35°N, 46°E - 54°E (Ref. 188)

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Former USSR and Asia: central and southern parts of the Caspian Sea.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 593); common length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188); max. published weight: 26.00 g (Ref. 593)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 23. Body slender; head short and wide; belly rounded, with 23 to 31 scutes. Pectoral fin tips rounded. Last 2 anal fin rays enlarged; Pterotic bulla absent. No notch at the center of the upper jaw. Females slightly larger than males.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs mainly in the open sea, occasionally approaching the shore and sometimes forming large schools. Rises to the surface in the spring months, but descending to as much as 78 m in late summer (apparently rising again in October-November, but descending once more in winter). Breeds intermittently from end of April to November, mainly in July, in the open sea.

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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)

  Endangered (EN) (A2bde); Date assessed: 31 May 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00239 - 0.01051), b=2.97 (2.78 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec=9,986-53,430).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 25.1 [0.9, 263.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.361 [0.025, 4.277] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [15.7, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.771 [0.268, 2.210] g/100g; Selenium = 3.37 [0.24, 44.43] μg/100g; VitaminA = 22.8 [2.9, 169.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.607 [0.055, 6.821] mg/100g (wet weight);