Araucanian herring
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Clupeiformes
Family:
Clupeidae
Subfamily:
Clupeinae
Genus:
Strangomera Whitehead, 1965
Species:
S. bentincki
Binomial name
Strangomera bentincki
(Norman, 1936)
Synonyms

Clupea bentincki Norman, 1936

The Araucanian herring (Strangomera bentincki or Clupea bentincki) is a fish species in the family Clupeidae.[2] It is an epipelagic fish, silvery below and dark blue above, which schools in coastal waters off the west coast of South America. It ranges along the Chilean coast from Valparaiso south to Talcahuano. It schools at depths from 0 to 70 meters in nearshore areas.[1]

There it filter feeds on smaller plankton such as diatoms. It reaches sexual maturity when it is about 10 centimetres long, and is a pelagic spawner, spawning between June and November.[3] It grows to a maximum standard length of 15 cm.[1]

Fisheries

The Araucanian herring is a commercial species, largely used for fishmeal.[4] Based on the FAO fishery statistics, it was the 12th most important capture fish species in 2009. All reported landings are from Chile.[5]

Global capture of Araucanian herring in tonnes reported by the FAO, 1950–2009[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Di Dario, F. & Williams, J. 2017. Strangomera bentincki. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T98841657A98887036. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98841657A98887036.en. Accessed on 05 November 2022.
  2. ^ {Strangomera bentincki (Norman, 1936) WoRMS (2021)
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Strangomera bentincki" in FishBase. April 2021 version.
  4. ^ a b Clupea bentincki (Norman, 1936) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
  5. ^ FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) (2011). Yearbook of fishery and aquaculture statistics 2009. Capture production (PDF). Rome: FAO. pp. 27, 221. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-19.

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