Jenkinsia
majua
Whitehead, 1963
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Family:
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Clupeidae
(Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)
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Order:
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Clupeiformes
(herrings)
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Class:
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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In this site name:
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Little-eye round herring |
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Max. size:
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5.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 188) |
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Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 – 50 m
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Climate: |
tropical; 28°N - 9°N, 93°w - 67°w |
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Importance:
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fisheries: subsistence fisheries |
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Resilience: |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
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Distribution:
www.ccfishery.net
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Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Campeche; Bahamas, northwestern coast of Caribbean.
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Morphology:
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Dorsal
spines
(total): 0 - 0;
Anal
spines: 0. No teeth on pre-maxillae, 1 supra-maxilla; W-shaped pelvic scute; isthmus with distinct blunt `shoulders' anteriorly; vertebrae 38 (one fish); silver lateral band not fading away anteriorly. Lower gill raker counts correlated with geographical area: 24 to 28 for J. majua majua (Gulf of Mexico) and 21 to 24 for J. majua woodsi (Bahamas, northwestern Caribbean) (Whitehead, 1963).
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Biology: |
Usually an inshore schooling species, feeding on zooplankton.
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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harmless
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