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Common names: Sardina, Sardina anchoa, Sardina común
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1992
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Patagonian region and the Strait of Magellan (Ref. 27363). Very common around Talcahuano (Ref. 27363). Also Ref. 8984.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens) > Clupeinae
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Common names from other countries

Hareng araucian, Sardina araucana, Chilean herring, ... more

Main reference

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. (Ref. 188)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 28.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27363)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 10 - 11 cm

Environment

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 70 m (Ref. 54915)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 14°C (Ref. 107945); 30°S - 37°S, 74°W - 70°W (Ref. 54915)

Distribution

Southeast Pacific: Coquimbo, Valparaiso and south to Talcahuano, Chile; perhaps reaches further south to Mocha Island, but more southerly records may refer to Sprattus fuegensis. Subspecies have been noted (Ref. 6698): Strangomera bentincki bentincki (Talcahuano southward) and Strangomera bentincki cuga (Valparaiso to Talcahuano).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 23. Belly not strongly keeled (Ref. 188). Body dark blue dorsally and silvery white ventrally. Fins translucent (Ref. 27363).

Occurs in schools at or near the surface in coastal waters. Feeds on plankton, especially diatoms (filter-feeding). Breeds mainly from June to November, from a length of about 10 cm. Eggs and larvae are planktonic (Ref. 52017). Mainly used for fishmeal.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

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)
PD₅₀ = 0.5625 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
2.7 ±0.30 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.6)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Strangomera bentincki (Norman, 1936)