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Etrumeus whiteheadi Wongratana, 1983

Whitehead's round herring
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dussumieriidae (Round herrings)
Eponymy: Dr Peter James Palmer Whitehead (1930–1992) was a British biologist (BMNH), scholar, historian, and artist as well as a clupeoid specialist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 5286). Subtropical; 23°S - 35°S, 12°E - 31°E

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Southeastern Atlantic to Western Indian Ocean: southern Africa (Walvis Bay to Durban) to southern Angola.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 91762)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 20; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13; Vertebrae: 50. Numerous branchiostegal rays (11 to 15); without pre-and post pelvic scutes; W-shaped pelvic scute; rectangular pre-maxillae; pelvic fins less advanced and the isthmus with lateral flanges or `shoulders' as compared to Dussumieria.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Mainly an inshore species. Often forms shoals together with pilchard (Ref. 27121). Feeds on larger types of zooplankton (Ref. 27121).

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DiBattista, J.D., J.E. Randall and B.W. Bowen, 2012. Review of the round herrings of the genus Etrumeus (Clupeidae: Dussumieriinae) of Africa, with descriptions of two new species. Cybium 36(3):447-460. (Ref. 91762)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 November 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: highly commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 11.7 - 20.2, mean 15.6 °C (based on 31 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5098   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00226 - 0.01060), b=3.08 (2.88 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.7).
Prior r = 1.19, 95% CL = 0.79 - 1.79, Based on 3 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (17 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 187 [84, 329] mg/100g; Iron = 1.78 [0.90, 3.49] mg/100g; Protein = 20.6 [19.3, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.377 [0.153, 0.756] g/100g; Selenium = 31.3 [15.0, 69.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.2 [3.9, 45.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.983 [0.661, 1.511] mg/100g (wet weight);