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Chirocentridae (Wolf herring)
Etymology: Chirocentrus: Greek, cheir = hand + Greek, kentron = sting (Ref. 45335). More on author: Swainson.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 150 m (Ref. 30573). Tropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 30°N - 30°S, 30°E - 162°E
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Solomon Islands, south to Australia (Ref. 33390). Questionably occurring in the Mascarenes (Ref. 33390). Probably similar to that of Chirocentrus dorab, but not always distinguished from that species (Ref. 188).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188); max. published weight: 410.00 g (Ref. 4883)
An inshore pelagic species that feeds mainly on small fishes, but also crabs (Ref. 5213). Marketed fresh or frozen.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: highly commercial
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00589 (0.00305 - 0.01138), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.74 se; Based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.24).
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100) .