Etrumeus sadina
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Clupeiformes (Herrings, Anchovies and Sardines)
Dussumieriidae (Round Herrings)
Etrumeus
Etrumeus sadina
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated. Some variation in body depth and certain meristic characters; without pre- and post-pelvic scutes; W-shaped pelvic scute; pelvic fins less advanced. Distinguished from E. whiteheadi of southern African waters by having fewer anal fin rays and the pelvic fin base about 1/3 eye diameter. Isthmus with lateral flanges or shoulders (Ref. 188). Silvery with an olive green back. Scales deciduous (Ref. 7251). Also Ref. 3259. Striking features: none.
Distribution
Restricted to the northwestern Atlantic: from the Bay of Fundy to the Gulf of Mexico.
Habitat Associations
Marine. pelagic-neritic. depth range 0-125 m. Found in: streams, estuaries.
Biology
Mainly inshore but has been occasionally taken 120 km from the Ecuador coast (Ref. 9291); also occur on shelf edge or surface (Ref. 11230), and between 50-150m (Ref. 028016). Usually occur in large schools (Ref. 2850). Epipelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed mainly on euphausiids and copepods (Ref. 9291). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35601). Marketed fresh, salted and canned. Also processed into fishmeal (Ref. 9291).
Max length: 33.0 cm TL; common length: 25.0 cm TL.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none. Pelagic eggs (Ref. 205).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-08-23. Resilience: Medium (K=0.13-0.8; tm=1.7; tmax=5).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: highly commercial.
References
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.
Sanders, M.J., S.M. Kedidi and M.R. Hegazy (1984) Stock assessment for the round herring (Etrumeus teres) caught by purse seine in the Gulf of Suez. Project for the Develpoment of Fisheries in the areas of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, FAO/UNDP RAB/81/002/13. Cairo. 36 p. (mimeo).
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986) A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein (2000) Food of northwest Atlantic fishes and two common species of squid. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NE 155, 138 p.
Novikov, N.P., A.S. Sokolovsky, T.G. Sokolovskaya and Y.M. Yakovlev (2002) The fishes of Primorye. Vladivostok, Far Eastern State Tech. Fish. Univ., 552 p.
DiBattista, J.D., J.E. Randall and B.W. Bowen (2012) Review of the round herrings of the genus Etrumeus (Clupeidae: Dussumieriinae) of Africa, with descriptions of two new species. Cybium 36(3):447-460. DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2012-363-004
Love, M.S., C.W. Mecklenburg, T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson (2005) Resource inventory of marine and estuarine fishes of the West Coast and Alaska: A checklist of North Pacific and Arctic Ocean species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Seattle, Washington, 98104.
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