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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens) > Dorosomatinae
Etymology: Sierrathrissa: Latin, serra = saw + Greek, thrissa, -es = shad (Ref. 45335).

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Freshwater; pelagic; depth range 0 - 8 m. Tropical; 18°N - 0°N

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Africa: rivers of West Africa from Senegal to Cameroon (Ref. 188), including Senegal, Gambia, Bia, Niger basin and Wouri River (Ref. 81269, 81631); and man-made lakes Lake Kainji (Ref. 188) and Lake Volta (Ref. 188, 81269). Also reported from Sanaga River in Cameroon (Ref. 51193).

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Maturity: L_m ?, range 2 - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188); common length : 2.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 20. Diagnosis: Sierrathrissa leonensis is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: belly rounded; prepelvic scutes minute, 4-10, without arms, supporting a low membranous keel, postpelvic scutes similar, the keel more apparent; lower gillrakers 13-16; pelvic insertion well before dorsal fin, with 7 fin rays; and anal fin beginning under dorsal fin base (Ref. 188). The genus Sierrathrissa is characterised by its non-keeled pre- and postpelvic scutes, both lacking ascending arms, except for the W-shaped scute located at the pelvic-fin bases (Ref. 81269). It commonly occurs with Pellonula species, which have 8 pelvic fin rays, normal scutes and the pelvic fin insertion more or less below the dorsal fin origin (Ref. 188).

Found in rivers, but also in man-made lakes, schooling in open waters and at about 2 to 8m in Lake Kainji; rising to about 30cm from the surface at night in Lake Volta (Ref. 188). Feeds on plankton, especially cladocerans (Ref. 188).

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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. 120744)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 May 2009

CITES (Ref. 118484)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00437 (0.00168 - 0.01131), b=3.10 (2.87 - 3.33), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.30 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm<1).

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Sierrathrissa leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969