Silver-stripe round herring
📖 Overview
Usually an inshore schooling species, inhabiting relatively clear waters of coastal, lagoon, and seaward reefs . Relative fecundity is 1596 eggs per unit body weight . Caught with beach seines, purse seines, ringnets and dipnets. Marketed fresh or dried-salted . Used as bait in the tuna fishery.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13. Maxilla toothed, triangular pre-maxillae, 2 supra-maxillae, second supra-maxilla asymmetrical (lower part larger than upper part), vertical striae on scales not meeting at center; W-shaped pelvic scute; few branchiostegal rays (6 or 7). : fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Silver-stripe round herring is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Silver-stripe round herring is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range ? - 40 m . Tropical; 33°N - 30°S, 33°E - 136°W south to Tanzania and east to Samoa (excluding the Cook, Society and Marquesas islands) and the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan and south to western Australia and Kermadec Islands.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Banded Blue Sprat · Blue Sprat · Kibinago Minnow · Silver Round Herring · Silver Sprat · Silver-stripe Round Herring · Silver-stripe round herring, Striped round herring · Slender Roundherring · Slender Sprat · Striped Round Herring · silver stripe round herring · silverstriped round herring |
| 🌍CES | šprotek štíhlý |
| 🇫🇷French | Hareng gracile |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Kibinago · キビナゴ · リュウキュウキビナゴ |
| 🇰🇷Korean | 샛줄멸 |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Изящная кибинаго |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | arenquillo de banda |
| 🌍THA | ปลากะตักหัวแข็งเรียว |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 丁香魚 · 日本銀帶鯡 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 22 records indexed .
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