SPRATELLOIDES GRACILIS - (TEMMINCK & SCHLEGEL, 1846)
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Clupeoidei (Suborder) > Spratelloididae (Family) > Spratelloides (Genus)
Sprat argenté, Hareng gracile, Silver-stripe roundherring, Slender sprat, Silver-stripe round herring, Arenque-redondo-prateado, Sardinha de banda, Arenquillo de banda, Kibinago, Bakajako, リュウキュウキビナゴ, キビナゴ, 샛줄멸, Saet-chul-myǒl, 少耙银带鲱, Lán yín dài fēi, Cá Lầm giải bạc,
Synonymes
Clupea argyrotaeniata (Bleeker, 1849)
Clupea gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
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Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 2 unbranched, 9-12 branched; Anal soft rays: 2 unbranched, 9-12 branched; Pectoral fin rays: 1 unbranched, 10-13 branched. Lateral line scale series: 42-48 (usually: 42-46); Predorsal scales: 13-17; Maxilla toothed; rear part of 2nd supramaxilla asymmetrical (ventral portion longer than dorsal portion). Vertical striae on scales discontinuous (not meeting at centre). Gill rakers: 7-13 + 19-37; Branchiostegal rays: 6-7; Pseudobranchial filaments: 9-17; Pyloric caeca: 11-14. Max. length: 9.5 cm SL. Depth range: 1 - 40 m
Color
Body pale brown dorsally, with narrow black band separating wide bright silver band along midbody, and whitish below; No black streaks on caudal fin.
Etymology
Spratelloides: from old German, sprotte, sprattus = small fish. Referring to sprat-like appearance to and/or close affinity with Spratelloides argyrotaeniata (=gracilis) + from Latin suffix, -oides = adopted from eí̄dos, form or shape.
gracilis: from Latin, gracilis = thin, slender, slim.
Original description: Clupea gracilis Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 - Type locality:
Distribution
Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Chagos Archipelago, east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Pollynesia), north to Korea and Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia.
Biology
Usually an inshore schooling species, inhabiting relatively clear waters of coastal, lagoon, and seaward reefs. Relative fecundity is 1596 eggs per unit body weight. Caught with beach seines, purse seines, ringnets and dipnets. Marketed fresh or dried-salted. Used as bait in the tuna fishery.
Similar species
Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832) - Reported from New Caledonia. They are bluish above and silvery white below. Two prominent black streaks on caudal fin for ~½ its length. difficult to see in the field. No silver band at midbody; Maxilla toothless; Rear part of second supramaxilla more or less symmetrical; Striae on scales meeting at centre.
Last update: 30, April 2023
Sprat argenté, Hareng gracile, Silver-stripe roundherring, Slender sprat, Silver-stripe round herring, Arenque-redondo-prateado, Sardinha de banda, Arenquillo de banda, Kibinago, Bakajako, リュウキュウキビナゴ, キビナゴ, 샛줄멸, Saet-chul-myǒl, 少耙银带鲱, Lán yín dài fēi, Cá Lầm giải bạc,
Synonymes
Clupea argyrotaeniata (Bleeker, 1849)
Clupea gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
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Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 2 unbranched, 9-12 branched; Anal soft rays: 2 unbranched, 9-12 branched; Pectoral fin rays: 1 unbranched, 10-13 branched. Lateral line scale series: 42-48 (usually: 42-46); Predorsal scales: 13-17; Maxilla toothed; rear part of 2nd supramaxilla asymmetrical (ventral portion longer than dorsal portion). Vertical striae on scales discontinuous (not meeting at centre). Gill rakers: 7-13 + 19-37; Branchiostegal rays: 6-7; Pseudobranchial filaments: 9-17; Pyloric caeca: 11-14. Max. length: 9.5 cm SL. Depth range: 1 - 40 m
Color
Body pale brown dorsally, with narrow black band separating wide bright silver band along midbody, and whitish below; No black streaks on caudal fin.
Etymology
Spratelloides: from old German, sprotte, sprattus = small fish. Referring to sprat-like appearance to and/or close affinity with Spratelloides argyrotaeniata (=gracilis) + from Latin suffix, -oides = adopted from eí̄dos, form or shape.
gracilis: from Latin, gracilis = thin, slender, slim.
Original description: Clupea gracilis Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 - Type locality:
Distribution
Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Chagos Archipelago, east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Pollynesia), north to Korea and Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia.
Biology
Usually an inshore schooling species, inhabiting relatively clear waters of coastal, lagoon, and seaward reefs. Relative fecundity is 1596 eggs per unit body weight. Caught with beach seines, purse seines, ringnets and dipnets. Marketed fresh or dried-salted. Used as bait in the tuna fishery.
Similar species
Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832) - Reported from New Caledonia. They are bluish above and silvery white below. Two prominent black streaks on caudal fin for ~½ its length. difficult to see in the field. No silver band at midbody; Maxilla toothless; Rear part of second supramaxilla more or less symmetrical; Striae on scales meeting at centre.
Last update: 30, April 2023