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Common names: Atlantic round herring, Herring, Makiawa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Rare to scarce in New Jersey to New England, but occasionally it is common to plentiful (Ref. 37032). Present in the continental shelf waters off the northeastern United States (Ref. 37512). Reported from Monterey Bay, central California (Ref. 96339). Also Ref. 91762 ,27549, 93252.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
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Common names from other countries

Shadine ronde, Sardineta canalera, Atlantic round herring, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dussumieriidae (Round herrings)
Etymology:

Issue
Some information are attached to E. jacksoniensis Macleay, 1878, a synonym of Etrumeus (Ref. 93002).

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

marina; havsvandrande (Ref. 51243); djupintervall 0 - 125 m (Ref. 96339). Subtropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Point map | Utplanteringar | Faunafri

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

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m 17.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 56557); common length : 25.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 56557)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 15 - 18; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 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.

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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Pelagic eggs (Ref. 205).

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DiBattista, J.D., J.E. Randall and B.W. Bowen, 2012. Review of the round herrings of the genus Etrumeus (Clupeidae: Dussumieriinae) of Africa, with descriptions of two new species. Cybium 36(3):447-460. (Ref. 91762)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 August 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)