Species: Jenkinsia majua, Little-eye Herring, Little-eye Round Herring

Jenkinsia majua Whitehead, 1963

Little-eye Herring, Little-eye Round Herring

Small, elongate, with rounded body; body depth usually <15% SL; eye 5.3-7.6% SL; premaxilla (at front of top jaw) elongate, triangular, without teeth; isthmus of throat with distinct blunt shoulders at front; lower gill rakers 21-28; 6-7 rays on the membrane under the gill cover; anal fin short based, 12-13; pectoral fin 12-14 rays; pelvic fin 8, on the abdomen below the dorsal fin, insert slightly closer to tail fin base than to tip of snout; a W shaped hard bony scale at the base of the pelvic fins, no other scutes (hard bony scales) along lower midline of body.

Adults with a silver stripe that does NOT narrow at front.

Reaches 7.3 cm.

In shallow water inshore.

Depth range: 0-5 m.

The Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas and Caribbean.