Dwarf round herring

The dwarf round herring (Jenkinsia lamprotaenia) is a marine species of fish in the family Spratelloididae. It is found in the western-central Atlantic Ocean from Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico south to Tobago. The species is both edible and used as live bait.^[2]

Dwarf round herring
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Spratelloididae
Genus:	Jenkinsia
Species:	J. lamprotaenia
Binomial name
Jenkinsia lamprotaenia Gosse, 1851

Description

The dwarf round herring can grow to a recorded maximum length of 7.5 cm (2.9 inches).^[3] They live in inshore area of 0 - 50 m depth under water in schools.^[4] The fish is greyish-green by colour and feeds on zooplankton.^[5]

References

1. "Reference Summary - IUCN, 2022". fishbase.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
2. Powles, Howard (1 October 1977). "Description of Larval Jenkinsia Lamprotaenia (Clupeidae, Dussumieriinae) and Their Distribution off Barbados, West Indies". Bulletin of Marine Science. 27 (4): 788–801. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
3. VAMILO, BERNARDO GARCÍA RAMIREZ. "FIRST APPROACH TO THE TROPHIC ECOLOGY AND DIET OF THE RAINBOW RUNNER, Elagatis bipinnulata (QUOY & GAIMARD, 1825) (PISCES: CARANGIDAE), IN THE CENTRAL COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN" (PDF). Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
4. Anderson Jr., William D. (August 2001). "National Audubon Society Field Guide To Tropical Marine Fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda". Copeia. 2001 (3): 884–886. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0884:]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
5. Friedlander, Alan M.; Beets, James P. (1 July 1997). "Fisheries and life history characteristics of dwarf herring (Jenkinsia lamprotaenia) in the US Virgin Islands". Fisheries Research. 31 (1): 61–72. Bibcode:1997FishR..31...61F. doi:10.1016/S0165-7836(97)00015-5. ISSN 0165-7836. Retrieved 7 December 2023.