Species: Lile nigrofasciata, Black-striped piquitinga, Blackstripe herring
flank stripe dark green
body depth 23-31% SL
pelvic 6; A 14-16
Lile nigrofasciata Castro-Aguirre & Ruiz-Campos & Balart, 2002
Blackstripe herring, Black-striped piquitinga
Elongate moderately slender, its depth 23-31% SL, compressed; lower body profile strongly convex; mouth opens slightly up, oblique, short, top jaws without a central notch; no back-pointing spine on top front corner of main top-jaw bone; well developed bone above front of top jaw bone; first gill arch with 29-32 rakers; rear border of gill opening on body evenly rounded, without 2 fleshy lobes on shoulder below opening; operculum without bony crests; dorsal rays 13-17, origin of fin over or before that of pelvic fin; pelvics i, 6; anal fin 14-16 rays; 34-39 scales in longitudinal series; belly with strong keel of scutes.
Yellow-green on back, white below; inside operculum dark; iris blackish, pupil whitish, translucent; with broad dark green midlateral stripe; both tips of tail fin black; anal, pectoral and pelvic fins whitish to yellowish.
Maximum size 13 cm.
Inhabits sandy or muddy shores, also enters brackish and high salinity estuaries.
Depth: 0-10 m?
The Gulf of California to Peru.
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- Salinity
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- Hypersaline
- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Near Surface
- Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Water column
- Estuary
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Pelagic crustacea
- Zooplankton
- No Data
- Pelagic fish larvae
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent only
- Continental TEP endemic
- All species
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 13
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
