Costa Rica country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cs.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
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Common names from other countries

Pacific piquitinga, Harengule piquitinge pacifique, Sardineta piquitinga pelada, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

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

marinhas; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188). Tropical; 33°N - 5°S, 116°W - 77°W (Ref. 188)

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to the Gulf of Guayaquil.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.9 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 124487); common length : 10.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 188); peso máx. Publicado: 34.85 g (Ref. 124487)

Descrição breve Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total): 0; Raios dorsais moles (total): 13-21; Espinhos anais 0; Raios anais moles: 12 - 23. Body moderately slender, quite strongly compressed, belly sharply keeled. The bright silver stripe along the flank distinguishes it from all similar clupeids in the area. Hind border of gill opening evenly rounded (with two fleshy outgrowths in Harengula and Opisthonema, the latter with a filamentous last dorsal fin ray).

A coastal-pelagic species that forms dense schools in beaches, lagoons and estuaries (Ref. 9291). Tolerates brackish and fresh waters (Ref. 9291). Feeds on plankton, especially on small crustaceans and fish larvae (Ref. 9291). Processed into oil and fishmeal (Ref. 37955).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

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)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 April 2008

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

Harmless

Utilização humana

Pescarias: pouco comercial

FAO(pescarias: produção

Lile stolifera (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)