Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 60 m (Ref. 189). Subtropical; 36°N - 30°S, 91°W - 32°W (Ref. 189)
Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to northern Gulf of Mexico; Cuba and probably throughout the Greater and Lesser Antilles; Yucatan, Mexico to at least Santos, Brazil.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5217); common length : 8.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5217)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais moles: 16 - 21. Snout pointed about 3/4 eye diameter; maxilla long, tip pointed, projecting at least 1/2 eye diameter beyond second supra-maxilla, reaching beyond hind border of pre-operculum; gill cover canals of walkeri-type. Anal fin origin below midpoint of dorsal fin base; anus nearer to pelvic fin tips than to anal fin origin. Silver stripe along flank, about pupil diameter, lost on preservation.
Occurs in coastal waters, forming dense schools along beaches in water of 1 m or less.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Spawn in school (Ref. 205).
Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. 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(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 189)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
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