Jenkinsia majua Whitehead, 1963
Little-eye round herring
photo by FAO

Family:  Spratelloididae (Small round herrings)
Max. size:  5.5 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m
Distribution:  Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Campeche; Bahamas, northwestern coast of Caribbean.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0. No teeth on pre-maxillae, 1 supra-maxilla; W-shaped pelvic scute; isthmus with distinct blunt `shoulders' anteriorly; vertebrae 38 (one fish); silver lateral band not fading away anteriorly. Lower gill raker counts correlated with geographical area: 24 to 28 for J. majua majua (Gulf of Mexico) and 21 to 24 for J. majua woodsi (Bahamas, northwestern Caribbean) (Whitehead, 1963).
Biology:  Usually an inshore schooling species, feeding on zooplankton.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 14 November 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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