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Common names: Biribiri, Boca-torta, Charuto
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Bernardes, R.Á., J.L. de Figueiredo, A.R. Rodrigues, L.G. Fischer, C.M. Vooren, M. Haimovici and C.L.D.B. Rossi-Wongtschowski, 2005
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1992
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Off Cabo Frio and Santos, MZUSP 78188 (Ref. 47377). Type locality: Rio de Janeiro (Ref. 46206). Located at the southernmost tip of the Bombinhas peninsula, southern Brazil (Ref. 55758).
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens) > Dorosomatinae
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Common names from other countries

Sardinela del Brasil, Sardinelle de Brésil, Scale sardine, ... more

Main reference

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. (Ref. 188)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 27.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 103182); common length : 20.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188)

Length at first maturity
L_m 19.2 range ? - ? cm

Environment

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous; depth range 5 - 60 m (Ref. 114041)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 31°N - 36°S, 98°W - 35°W

Distribution

Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, West Indies southward to Brazil and northern Uruguay (identifications are not always reliable).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 23. Diagnostic features as for Sardinella aurita from which it differs in having the anterior gill rakers on the lower limbs of the second and third gill arches distinctly curled downward (more or less flat in S. aurita) (Ref. 188). The pelvic fin ray count of i 8 distinguishes S. brasiliensis from all other species of Sardinella, also Harengula and Opisthonema (Ref. 188). Similar to S. aurita (Ref. 26938). Bluish black above. Peritoneum black (Ref. 37032). Separation of Sardinella brasiliensis (synonym of Sardinella janeiro) from Sardinella aurita on the basis of gill raker shape and a higher gill raker count is tentative.

Found in coastal waters, often forming compact schools. Maximum depth range based on spawners in Brazil (Ref. 114041). Probably similar to S. aurita, but if they are indeed distinct, then this species may account for the double spawning peaks of S. aurita. Constitutes a large fishery in Venezuela, but statistical reports are not separated from S. aurita. Marketed fresh and canned (Ref. 5217).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial; bait: usually

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

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

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.44-0.72; tm=1)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (23 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Sardinella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1879)