| Family: |
Spratelloididae (Small round herrings) |
| Max. size: |
5.5 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Campeche; Bahamas, northwestern coast of Caribbean. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0. 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). |
| Biology: |
Usually an inshore schooling species, feeding on zooplankton. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 14 November 2019 Ref. (130435)
|
| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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