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Common names: Atlantic Thread Herring, Cailleu tassart, Machuelo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Claro, R., 1994
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Claro, R., 1994
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Uses: bait: yes;
Comments: Caught occasionally. Also Ref. 188, 26340.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Claro, R. and L.R. Parenti, 2001
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Common names from other countries

Chardin fil, Machuelo hebra atlántico, Мачуэла атлантическая, ... more

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> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Opisthonema: Greek, opisthe = behind + Greek,nema = filament (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lesueur.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

seewasser riff-verbunden; tiefenbereich 1 - 50 m (Ref. 93252), usually 5 - ? m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 41°N - 37°S, 98°W - 33°W (Ref. 188)

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Western Atlantic: Gulf of Maine (USA), Bermuda, throughout the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and West Indies southward to Santa Catarina, Brazil. Also found in Uruguay (Ref. 54736) and Argentina (Ref. 2806).

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: L_m 11.5, range 11 - ? cm
Max length : 38.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5217); common length : 20.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 188); max. veröff. Gewicht: 375.00 g (Ref. 5217)

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Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 19 - 21; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 23 - 24. The filamentous last dorsal fin ray distinguishes this species from all other western Atlantic clupeoids except Dorosoma, which has an inferior mouth (Ref. 188). Otherwise, superficially resembles species of Sardinella (but i 8 pelvic fin rays in western Atlantic species, cf. i 7 in Opisthonema) and Harengula (but small toothed hypomaxilla in upper jaw) (Ref. 188). Lower gill rakers stable at 28 to 46 after 8 cm (Ref. 188). Silvery, with a bluish or greenish back, 6-7 lengthwise dark streaks on side. Dark spot above opercle, larger dark spot behind opercle, usually with a row of dark spots behind it. Lower profile deeply curved. Head pointed (Ref. 7251).

Inhabit harbors and shallow coastal areas (Ref. 9710). Pelagic (Ref. 27549). Form schools (but solitary individuals reported), probably not entering water of low salinity. Feed by filtering plankton (copepods), but also take small fishes, crabs and shrimps. Marketed fresh, frozen and salted; also used in the fishmeal industry. Occur in freshwater in St. Johns River, Florida (Ref. 26938).

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Possibly breeds in March-July off Venezuela.

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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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 August 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell; Köder: usually

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.7 - 28, mean 25.5 (based on 480 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00745 - 0.00972), b=3.03 (2.99 - 3.07), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.

Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179): mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (tm=1-3; tmax=8).

Prior r = 1.18, 95% CL = 0.78 - 1.77, Based on 4 data-limited stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).

Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Low.

Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818)