Common names: Herring
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from coast of Atlantic Ocean (Ref. 12735, 12749), with a strong pattern of seasonal onshore-offshore abundance, which coincide with the alternance of the rainy and dry seasons (Ref. 12735). It appears to be more abundant in the deeper waters between 40 to 200m depth, and more restricted to the northern part of the Sierra Leonean shelf, being rarely found in large quantities south of Sherbro Island (Ref. 12735). Also Ref. 188, 2945, 4743, 30305.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sl.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Vakily, J.M., 1992
National Database: