Lile stolifera
Striped Herring
Pacific piquitinga · ES: sardinita rayada
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Clupeiformes (Herrings, Anchovies and Sardines)
Clupeidae (Herrings)
Lile
Lile stolifera (Striped Herring)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: fusiform / normal. Body moderately slender, quite strongly compressed, belly sharply keeled. The bright silver stripe along the flank distinguishes it from all similar clupeids in the area. Hind border of gill opening evenly rounded (with two fleshy outgrowths in Harengula and Opisthonema, the latter with a filamentous last dorsal fin ray). Striking features: none.
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to the Gulf of Guayaquil.
Habitat Associations
Marine. pelagic-neritic. depth range 0-50 m. Found in: streams, estuaries.
Biology
A coastal-pelagic species that forms dense schools in beaches, lagoons and estuaries (Ref. 9291). Tolerates brackish and fresh waters (Ref. 9291). Feeds on plankton, especially on small crustaceans and fish larvae (Ref. 9291). Processed into oil and fishmeal (Ref. 37955).
Max length: 15.9 cm TL; common length: 10.0 cm SL; max weight: 35 g.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2008-04-30. Resilience: High (K=1.36).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: minor commercial.
References
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.
Whitehead, P.J.P. and Y.R. Rodriguez-Sánchez (1995) Clupeidae. Sardinas, sardinetas, machuelos, sábalos, piquitingas. p. 1015-1025. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome.
Coello, D., M. Herrera and R. Zambrano (2020) Length-weight relationship of 74 fish species caught in the continental coast of Ecuador. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 37:129-134. DOI: 10.1111/jai.14113
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