Taxonomic Remarks
This species is placed in Clupeidae in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. July 2013: Ref. 93826), in Pristigasteridae by Lavoué (pers. comm., July 2013).
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
marien pelagic-neritic; diepte 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188). Tropical; 25°N - 3°N, 109°W - 77°W (Ref. 188)
Eastern Central Pacific: Mazatlán, Mexico to Ecuador.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 55763); common length : 15.0 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 55763)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 0; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 0; Anale stekels: 0; Anale zachte stralen: 49 - 51. Belly with about 27 or 28 scutes. Lower jaw projecting, mouth pointing obliquely upward; a distinct toothed hypo-maxillary bone between hind tip of pre-maxilla and lower bulge of maxilla blade; upper jaw not reaching back beyond eye center. Dorsal fin behind midpoint of body; anal fin long, its origin a little before dorsal fin. A silver band along flank.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Occurs in coastal waters (Ref. 9336), including estuaries to a depth of 50 m (Ref. 96339).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
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)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: visserij voor eigen gebruik
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Gewenste temperatuur (Ref.
123201): 25.4 - 28.5, mean 27.8 °C (based on 54 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00374 - 0.01018), b=3.07 (2.93 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
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