Species: Jenkinsia parvula, Shortstriped round herring
Jenkinsia parvula Cervigón & Velazquez, 1978
Shortstriped round herring
Small, elongate, with rounded body; premaxilla (at front of top jaw) elongate, triangular, with teeth; isthmus of throat broadly triangular and pointed, without shoulders at front; lower gill rakers 20-24 (usually 21-22); only 6-7 rays on the membrane under the gill cover; anal fin short based; pectoral fin 10-13 rays; pelvic fin 8, on the abdomen below the dorsal fin, insert slightly closer to tail fin base than to tip of snout; a forked tail fin; a W shaped hard bony scale at the base of the pelvic fins, no other scutes (hard bony scales) along lower midline of body.
Silver stripe narrowing and fading from under rear of dorsal fin forwards.
Reaches 7.1 cm.
In shallow water inshore.
Depth range: 0-5 m.
Venezuela.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Water column only
- Surface
- Near Surface
- Mid Water
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Caribbean endemic
- All species..
- Continent
- Continent only
- GC endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 7.1
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
