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Etrumeus sadina  (Mitchill, 1814)

Red-eye round herring
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Ecuador country information

Common names: Sardina peruana o redonda, Sardina redonda, Sardineta canalera
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Outside distributional range, and most probably referring to Etrumeus micropus (Ref. 91762:distribution). Reported in Ref. 8984, 9291, 40498.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: DiBattista, J.D., J.E. Randall and B.W. Bowen, 2012
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dussumieriidae ()
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Issue
Some information are attached to E. jacksoniensis Macleay, 1878, a synonym of Etrumeus (Ref. 93002).

Main reference

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 33.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557)

Length at first maturity
Lm 16.4  range ? - ? cm

Environment

Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 125 m (Ref. 96339)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 25°C (Ref. 107945)

Distribution

Restricted to the northwestern Atlantic: from the Bay of Fundy to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13. Some variation in body depth and certain meristic characters; without pre- and post-pelvic scutes; W-shaped pelvic scute; pelvic fins less advanced. Distinguished from E. whiteheadi of southern African waters by having fewer anal fin rays and the pelvic fin base about 1/3 eye diameter. Isthmus with lateral flanges or shoulders (Ref. 188). Silvery with an olive green back. Scales deciduous (Ref. 7251). Also Ref. 3259.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Mainly inshore but has been occasionally taken 120 km from the Ecuador coast (Ref. 9291); also occur on shelf edge or surface (Ref. 11230), and between 50-150m (Ref. 028016). Usually occur in large schools (Ref. 2850). Epipelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed mainly on euphausiids and copepods (Ref. 9291). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35601). Marketed fresh, salted and canned. Also processed into fishmeal (Ref. 9291).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Threat to humans

  Harmless



Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD50 = 0.5098 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.6   ±0.2 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.13-0.8; tm=1.7; tmax=5)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (16 of 100)
Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium