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Strangomera bentincki (Norman, 1936)

Araucanian herring
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)
Eponymy: Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck (1897–1990) was a British diplomat and businessman. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Norman.

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

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 70 m (Ref. 54915). Subtropical; 30°S - 37°S, 74°W - 70°W (Ref. 54915)

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Southeast Pacific: Coquimbo, Valparaiso and south to Talcahuano, Chile; perhaps reaches further south to Mocha Island, but more southerly records may refer to Sprattus fuegensis. Subspecies have been noted (Ref. 6698): Strangomera bentincki bentincki (Talcahuano southward) and Strangomera bentincki cuga (Valparaiso to Talcahuano).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 10.5, range 10 - 11 cm
Max length : 28.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27363)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 23. Belly not strongly keeled (Ref. 188). Body dark blue dorsally and silvery white ventrally. Fins translucent (Ref. 27363).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in schools at or near the surface in coastal waters. Feeds on plankton, especially diatoms (filter-feeding). Breeds mainly from June to November, from a length of about 10 cm. Eggs and larvae are planktonic (Ref. 52017). Mainly used for fishmeal.

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Apparently releases planktonic eggs (similar to the demersal eggs of northern hemisphere Clupea).

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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: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 February 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: highly commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings, species profile; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00330 - 0.01002), b=3.11 (2.95 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.7   ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.6).
Prior r = 1.11, 95% CL = 0.73 - 1.67, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Very high vulnerability (88 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 134 [74, 232] mg/100g; Iron = 1.83 [1.01, 3.14] mg/100g; Protein = 19.4 [18.3, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.567 [0.348, 0.939] g/100g; Selenium = 23.8 [12.8, 46.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.87 [3.19, 27.55] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.09 [0.75, 1.59] mg/100g (wet weight);