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Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Silver-stripe round herring
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Fiji country information

Common names: Waitilō
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 85272.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/fiji/fiji.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Hareng gracile, Arenquillo de banda, Banded blue sprat, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Spratelloididae (Small round herrings)
Etymology: Spratelloides: Old German, sprotte (1611) = a small fish, Clupea sp. + Greek, suffix, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

Issue
The species in the genera Spratelloides Bleeker, 1851 and Jenkinsia Jordan & Evermann, 1896 should most probably be assigned to a separated family from Clupeidae and Dussumieriidae (Lavoué, pers. comm., July 2013). See a preliminary analysis in Lavoué et al. (2013: Ref. 93878).

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

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range ? - 40 m (Ref. 86942).   Tropical; 33°N - 30°S, 33°E - 136°W (Ref. 188)

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