Dwarf round herring

Dwarf round herring
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Spratelloididae
Genus:	Jenkinsia
Species:	J. lamprotaenia
Binomial name
Jenkinsia lamprotaenia (Gosse, 1851)
Synonyms [2]
Clupea lamprotaenia Gosse, 1851 Stolephorus viridis T. H. Bean, 1912 Jenkinsia viridis (T. H. Bean, 1912) Jenkinsia bermudana Rivas, 1946

The dwarf round herring (Jenkinsia lamprotaenia) is a marine species of fish in the family Spratelloididae. It is found in the western-central Atlantic Ocean from Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico south to Tobago. The species is both edible and used as live bait. ^[3]

Description

The dwarf round herring can grow to a recorded maximum length of 7.5 cm (2.9 inches). ^[4] They live in inshore area of 0 - 50 m depth under water in schools. ^[5] The fish is greyish-green by colour and feeds on zooplankton. ^[6]

References

1. Munroe, T.A. & Di Dario, F. (2020). "Jenkinsia lamprotaenia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T154793A18130945. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T154793A18130945.en . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Jenkinsia lamprotaenia". FishBase . June 2024 version.
3. Powles, Howard (1 October 1977). "Description of Larval Jenkinsia Lamprotaenia (Clupeidae, Dussumieriinae) and Their Distribution off Barbados, West Indies". Bulletin of Marine Science. 27 (4): 788–801. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
4. VAMILO, BERNARDO GARCÍA RAMIREZ. "FIRST APPROACH TO THE TROPHIC ECOLOGY AND DIET OF THE RAINBOW RUNNER, Elagatis bipinnulata (QUOY & GAIMARD, 1825) (PISCES: CARANGIDAE), IN THE CENTRAL COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN" (PDF). Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
5. Anderson Jr., William D. (August 2001). "National Audubon Society Field Guide To Tropical Marine Fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda" . Copeia. 2001 (3): 884–886. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0884:]2.0.CO;2 . Retrieved 7 December 2023.
6. Friedlander, Alan M.; Beets, James P. (1 July 1997). "Fisheries and life history characteristics of dwarf herring (Jenkinsia lamprotaenia) in the US Virgin Islands" . Fisheries Research. 31 (1): 61–72. Bibcode:1997FishR..31...61F. doi:10.1016/S0165-7836(97)00015-5. ISSN   0165-7836 . Retrieved 7 December 2023.