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Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
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Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). 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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=188&speccode=24
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Description
Common names: herring (English), sardineta (Espanol), sardina (Espanol)
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Distribution
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5909
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Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=9271
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Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6542
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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145245
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Johnson CL, Runge JA, Curtis KA, Durbin EG, Hare JA, Incze LS, Link J, Melvin GD, O'Brien TD, Van Guelpen, L (in revision) Biodiversity and ecosystem function in the Gulf of Maine: pattern and role of zooplankton and pelagic nekton. PLoS One.
http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/masdea/masdea.php?p=sourcedetails&id=148111
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Galil, B.; Goren, M.; Mienis, H. (2011). Checklist of marine species in Israel. Compiled in the framework of the EU FP7 PESI project.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149096
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Koukouras, Athanasios. (2010). Check-list of marine species from Greece. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Assembled in the framework of the EU FP7 PESI project.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=142068
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Fulanda, B.; Ohtomi, J.; Mueni, E.; Kimani, E. (2011). Fishery trends, resource-use and management system in the Ungwana Bay fishery Kenya. Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 401-414.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=166289
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Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). 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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=188&speccode=24
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Transient
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Global Range: Coastal waters from Bay of Fundy to southern Florida and northeastern Gulf of Mexico; rare from South Carolina to southern Florida (Robins and Ray 1986).
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- Bigelow, H. B. and Schroeder, W. C.,1953; Whitehead, P. J. P., 1985; Whitehead, P. J. P. and Y. R. Rodriguez-Sánchez, 1995; Eschmeyer, W. N., E. S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983; Watson, W. and E. M. Sandknop, 1996.
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Zoogeography
See Map (including site records) of Distribution in the Tropical Eastern Pacific
Global Endemism: All species, TEP non-endemic, Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans), "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific), All Pacific (West + Central + East)
Regional Endemism: All species, Eastern Pacific non-endemic, Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic, Continent + Island (s), Continent, Island (s)
Residency: Resident
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California), Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap), Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos), Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo), South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
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Physical Description
Morphology
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Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). 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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=188&speccode=24
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Size
Max. size
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Novikov, N.P., A.S. Sokolovsky, T.G. Sokolovskaya and Y.M. Yakovlev 2002 The fishes of Primorye. Vladivostok, Far Eastern State Tech. Fish. Univ., 552 p. (Ref. 56557)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=56557&speccode=2592
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- Bigelow, H. B. and Schroeder, W. C.,1953; Whitehead, P. J. P., 1985; Whitehead, P. J. P. and Y. R. Rodriguez-Sánchez, 1995; Eschmeyer, W. N., E. S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983; Watson, W. and E. M. Sandknop, 1996.
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Diagnostic Description
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Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). 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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=188&speccode=24
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Description
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Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5909
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
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Al Sakaff, H. and M. Esseen 1999 Occurrence and distribution of fish species off Yemen (Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea). Naga ICLARM Q. 22(1):43-47. (Ref. 28016)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=28016&speccode=1255
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Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&speccode=4683
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 686 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 567
Temperature range (°C): 5.212 - 25.997
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.144 - 24.464
Salinity (PPS): 32.507 - 36.587
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.350 - 6.535
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.088 - 1.877
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 25.303
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 567
Temperature range (°C): 5.212 - 25.997
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.144 - 24.464
Salinity (PPS): 32.507 - 36.587
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.350 - 6.535
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.088 - 1.877
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 25.303
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Habitat Type: Marine
Comments: Coastal waters; less likely to enter bays and shallows than are other herrings (Robins and Ray 1986).
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- Bigelow, H. B. and Schroeder, W. C.,1953; Whitehead, P. J. P., 1985; Whitehead, P. J. P. and Y. R. Rodriguez-Sánchez, 1995; Eschmeyer, W. N., E. S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983; Watson, W. and E. M. Sandknop, 1996.
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Inshore/Offshore: Inshore, Inshore Only
Water Column Position: Surface, Near Surface, Water column only
Habitat: Water column
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic
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Migration
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Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&speccode=4683
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Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
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Trophic Strategy
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Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). 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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=188&speccode=24
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- Bigelow, H. B. and Schroeder, W. C.,1953; Whitehead, P. J. P., 1985; Whitehead, P. J. P. and Y. R. Rodriguez-Sánchez, 1995; Eschmeyer, W. N., E. S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983; Watson, W. and E. M. Sandknop, 1996.
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Feeding
Diet: zooplankton, pelagic fish eggs, pelagic fish larvae
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Associations
Known predators
Scomber japonicus
Actinopterygii
Merluccius
Cephalopoda
Scombridae
Thyrsites atun
Seriola
Atractoscion aequidens
Cetacea
Aves
Phocidae
Chondrichthyes
Based on studies in:
South Africa, Southwest coast (Marine)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Yodzis P (2000) Diffuse effects in food webs. Ecology 81:261266
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Known prey organisms
mesozooplankton
macrozooplankton
Based on studies in:
South Africa, Southwest coast (Marine)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Yodzis P (2000) Diffuse effects in food webs. Ecology 81:261266
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Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
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Sanders, M.J., S.M. Kedidi and M.R. Hegazy 1984 Stock assessment for the round herring (Etrumeus teres) caught by purse seine in the Gulf of Suez. Project for the Develpoment of Fisheries in the areas of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, FAO/UNDP RAB/81/002/13. Cairo. 36 p. (mimeo). (Ref. 1506)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1506&speccode=1455
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Reproduction
- Bigelow, H. B. and Schroeder, W. C.,1953; Whitehead, P. J. P., 1985; Whitehead, P. J. P. and Y. R. Rodriguez-Sánchez, 1995; Eschmeyer, W. N., E. S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983; Watson, W. and E. M. Sandknop, 1996.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Etrumeus teres
There are 6 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Download FASTA File
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Etrumeus teres
Public Records: 11
Specimens with Barcodes: 13
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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Threats
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1992 FAO yearbook 1990. Fishery statistics. Catches and landings. FAO Fish. Ser. (38). FAO Stat. Ser. 70:(105):647 p. (Ref. 4931)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4931&speccode=228
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