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Herklotsichthys punctatus (Rüppell, 1837)

Spotback herring
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Golani, D., L. Orsi Relini, E. Massutí and J.-P. Quignard, 2002
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Galil, B.S., 2007
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: A Lessepsian migrant to the Mediterranean coast, first recorded before 1943 (Ref. 72453). Common along the eastern Levant coasts. Occassionally large schools are caught by purse seine mainly in the southern part of the Israeli coast. Due to its small size, commercial importance is limited (Ref. 43448).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes(Giống, Các loài) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Herklotsichthys: After Janus Adrian Herklots, Australian ichthyologist, 1820-1872.
  More on author: Rüppell.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học

Biển; Mức độ sâu 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188).   Subtropical; 37°N - 12°N, 29°E - 45°E (Ref. 188)

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Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and possibly Gulf of Aden; an immigrant into eastern Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 188). The names Herklotsichthys punctata and Herklotsichthys punctatus have been widely misused in the literature for another species, Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Ref. 188).

Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.7 cm TL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 124816); common length : 9.5 cm TL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 5450); Khối lượng cực đại được công bố: 15.00 g (Ref. 124816)

Short description Khóa để định loại | Hình thái học | Sinh trắc học

Các tia vây lưng cứng (tổng cộng) : 0; Các vây lưng mềm (tổng cộng) : 13 - 21; Tia cứng vây hậu môn: 0; Tia mềm vây hậu môn: 12 - 23. Flank silvery, without spots, but a series of small dark spots on back on either side of dorsal fin base or behind it.

Sinh học     Tự điển (thí dụ epibenthic)

Forms schools in coastal waters (Ref. 188). Marketed fresh, dried and dried salted or made into fish balls.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Sự tái sinh sản | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Ấu trùng

Oviparous (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Các tài liệu tham khảo | Người điều phối | Người cộng tác

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)


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