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Common names: Sardina rayada, Sardineta, Sardinita rayada
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: De la Cruz Agüero, J., M. Arellano Martínez, V.M. Cota Gómez and G. de la Cruz-Agüero, 1997
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from the Gulf of California to Jalisco and southwestern coast of Baja California Sur (Ref. 9291). Recorded from several localities in Baja California Sur (Ref. 37955). Utilized as a foodfish as well as a source of oil and fishmeal (Ref. 37955). Also Ref. 50313, 96339.
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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

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | 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 Ekologi

marina; djupintervall 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188). Tropical; 33°N - 5°S, 116°W - 77°W (Ref. 188)

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Point map | Utplanteringar | Faunafri

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

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.9 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 124487); common length : 10.0 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 188); publicerad maxvikt: 34.85 g (Ref. 124487)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 13 - 21; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 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 Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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: 30 April 2008

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)