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Sprattus fuegensis (Jenyns, 1842)

Falkland sprat
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Chile country information

Common names: Pechu chalwa, Sardina, Sardina austral
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Strait of Magellan (Ref. 27363).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)
Etymology: Sprattus: Old German, sprotte (1611) = a small fish, Clupea sp. (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Jenyns.

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

Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - ? m.   Subtropical; 38°S - 58°S, 70°W - 57°W (Ref. 188)

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