Species: Lile piquitinga, Atlantic Piquitinga Herring, Atlantic piquitinga
Lile piquitinga (Schreiner & Miranda Ribeiro, 1903)
Atlantic piquitinga
Fusiform, slightly compressed; mouth opens slightly up, oblique, short, top jaws without a central notch; with only 2 toothed bones; well developed bone above front of top jaw bone; no back-pointing spine on top front corner of main top-jaw bone; rear border of gill opening on body evenly rounded, without 2 fleshy lobes on shoulder below opening; operculum without bony crests; pelvic fins on the abdomen, insert under center of dorsal fin base, i, 7; anal fin short base, 13-20, fin well behind dorsal fin; pectoral small, sickle shaped; a forked tail fin; belly with strong keel of scutes (hard bony scales).
Body blue-green above, sides lighter; a strong silver stripe (~3/4 eye diameter wide) along the flank; a dark spot on top of tail base just before tail fin; fins clear.
Size: 15 cm.
Habitat: protected coastal waters over mud bottoms; estuaries, mangrove lagoons, hypersaline lagoons; enters freshwater.
Depth: 0-50 m.
Costa Rica to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Freshwater
- Hypersaline
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Water column only
- Surface
- Near Surface
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Mangrove
- Estuary
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- 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.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Island (s)
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Also in Brazil
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-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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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 15
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
