Blackstripe herring

Blackstripe herring
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Dorosomatidae
Genus:	Lile
Species:	L. nigrofasciata
Binomial name
Lile nigrofasciata Castro-Aguirre, Ruiz-Campos & Balart, 2002 [2]

The blackstripe herring (Lile nigrofasciata) is a species of tropical sardine found in the Tropical Eastern Pacific, first documented in a coastal lagoon near Sonora, Mexico. ^{[3] [2]} Its diet consists of pelagic crustaceans, zooplankton, fish larvae, and fish eggs. It is typically found in muddy or sandy shores and high-salinity estuaries at depths of 0–10 meters. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Di Dario, F. (2020). "Lile nigrofasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T183437A102896150. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183437A102896150.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Castro-Aguirre, José Luis; Ruiz-Campos, Gorgonio; Balart-Páez, Eduardo Francisco (2002). "A new species of the genus Lile (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) of the eastern tropical Pacific". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 101 (1): 1–13.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lile nigrofasciata". FishBase . May 2016 version.
4. Blackstripe Herring
5. "Shorefishes - The Fishes - Species". biogeodb.stri.si.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-07.