Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; salobre. Tropical; 14°N - 5°N, 90°W - 77°W (Ref. 188)
Eastern Central Pacific: El Salvador to Panama.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9336); common length : 12.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9336)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 61 - 68. Belly with an uninterrupted keel of about 29 or 30 scutes, the outer edges of the scutes distinctly serrated. Upper jaw broad at midpoint, tapering posteriorly, the tip reaching or surpassing the gill opening; no hypo-maxilla. Pectoral fins large; dorsal fin rather small, set far back on body; anal fin long.
Found inshore, perhaps entering estuaries (Ref. 9336). Feeds on small crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 9336).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00407 (0.00169 - 0.00982), b=3.05 (2.84 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.57 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).