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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Chirocentridae (Wolf herring)
Etymology: Chirocentrus: Greek, cheir = hand + Greek, kentron = sting (Ref. 45335). More on author: Swainson.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 150 m (Ref. 30573). Tropical; 33°N - 33°S, 29°E - 152°E (Ref. 188)

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188); max. published weight: 410 g (Ref. 4883)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0. Scales numerous, small, usually lost. Silvery; back bright blue (fading to grey); flanks bright silver.

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Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Solomon Islands, south to Australia (Ref. 33390). Questionably occurring in the Mascarenes (Ref. 33390). Probably similar to that of Chirocentrus dorab, but not always distinguished from that species (Ref. 188).

An inshore pelagic species that feeds mainly on small fishes, but also crabs (Ref. 5213). Marketed fresh or frozen.

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Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). 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.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models

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

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00482 (-0.18987 - 0.19952), b=3.05200 (2.94210 - 3.16191), based on LWR estimates for this family-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.74 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.24).

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Chirocentrus nudus Swainson, 1839