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Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Herklotsichthys: After Janus Adrian Herklots, Australian ichthyologist, 1820-1872.
Eponymy: Dr Geoffrey Alton Craig Herklots (1902–1986) was a British biologist, botanist and ornithologist at the University of Hong Kong (1928–1941). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Rüppell.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino pelagic-neritic; rango de profundidad 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188). Subtropical; 37°N - 12°N, 29°E - 45°E (Ref. 188)
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).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.7 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 124816); common length : 9.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5450); peso máximo publicado: 15.00 g (Ref. 124816)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 13 - 21; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 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.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Forms schools in coastal waters (Ref. 188). Marketed fresh, dried and dried salted or made into fish balls.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 25.1 - 29.4, mean 28.9 °C (based on 54 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00493 - 0.01538), b=3.05 (2.90 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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