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Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837)

Bluestripe herring
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Fiji country information

Common names: Daniva, Tanive
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: First reported incidence of food poisoning (human and animals on fish bones) in the village of Somosomo on Gau. Daniva was caught by nets from a huge school which appeared from the shores of the village (Ref. 113832). Also Ref. 85272, 90102.
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 à bande bleue, Arenque banda azul, Spotted herring, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Herklotsichthys: After Janus Adrian Herklots, Australian ichthyologist, 1820-1872.
  More on author: Rüppell.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 13 m (Ref. 82332).   Tropical; 39°N - 33°S, 29°E - 166°W (Ref. 188)

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