Species: Jenkinsia majua, Little-eye round herring, Little-eye herring
top jaw - front without teeth
isthmus under throat - distinct blunt shoulders at front base
Jenkinsia majua Whitehead, 1963
Little-eye herring
Small, elongate, with rounded body; 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; 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.
High Resolution Map Download
Species Data
Create Report
Export as Word File
Export as Excel File
- Salinity
-
- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
-
- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
-
- Water column only
- Surface
- Near Surface
- Mid Water
- Habitat
-
- Water column
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
-
- Reef Associated
- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
-
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
-
- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
-
- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
-
- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
-
- Continent
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Residency
-
- Resident
- Climate Zone
-
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
-
- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
-
- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
-
- 5
- Depth Range Min
-
- 0
- Length Max
-
- 7.3
