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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 / गहराई सीमा / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
समुद्री pelagic-neritic; औशिनोड़िरोमस (Ref. 51243); गहराई सीमा 10 - ? m. Subtropical; 38°S - 58°S, 70°W - 57°W (Ref. 188)
Southwest Atlantic: 40°S to Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands (Ref. 188), also Burdwood Bank (Ref. 27363). Records from the Pacific may refer to Strangomera.
आकार / वज़न / Age
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 188); common length : 15.0 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 188)
पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 13 - 21; गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 12 - 23; जानवरों की रीड़ का जोड़: 52 - 58. Lower jaw slightly projecting, gill cover without bony radiating striae. Last two anal fin rays not enlarged. No dark spots on flanks. Pterotic bulla absent. Body dark blue dorsally and silvery white laterally and ventrally (Ref. 27363). All fins translucent (Ref. 27363).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
A schooling species found in coastal waters. Food item of hakes, sea birds and seals in the Patagonian Falkland waters (Ref. 27363).
Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (संदर्भ
123201): 6.3 - 10.6, mean 7.8 °C (based on 38 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (संदर्भ
82804): PD
50 = 0.5313 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00331 (0.00203 - 0.00539), b=3.04 (2.89 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (संदर्भ
69278): 2.6 ±0.26 se; based on food items.
लौटाव (संदर्भ
120179): ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (K=0.7).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
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Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 183 [100, 336] mg/100g; Iron = 1.56 [0.56, 5.13] mg/100g; Protein = 20.4 [17.6, 23.1] %; Omega3 = 0.31 [0.14, 0.67] g/100g; Selenium = 25.2 [13.0, 48.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 18.1 [3.4, 103.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.582 [0.260, 2.553] mg/100g (wet weight);