Philippines country information

Common names: Alabaybay, Balantiong, Balantyong
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Lanuza Bay (Ref. 104756). Separate statistics recorded for this country (Ref. 188). Anadromous in the country (Ref. 4735). Inland record from Palawan (Ref. 94476). Also Ref. 393, 2858, 4931.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dussumieriidae ()
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Common names from other countries

Sardine arc-en-ciel, Sardina arco iris, Dwarf round herring, ... more

Main reference

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

Max length : 20.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573)

Environment

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 10 - 20 m (Ref. 12260)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 31°N - 7°S, 49°E - 126°E (Ref. 54426)

Distribution

Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (and perhaps south to Somalia), along the coasts of Pakistan, India and Malaysia to Indonesia (Kalimantan) and the Philippines. Earlier records included Dussumieria elopsoides.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 18. Branchiostegal rays fewer (12 to 15) and posterior part of scales marked with numerous tiny radiating striae. Color is iridescent blue with a shiny gold or brass line below (quickly fading after death); hind margin of tail broadly dark. W-shaped pelvic scute; isthmus tapering evenly forward; more anal fin rays.

Mainly a pelagic inshore species (Ref. 68964). Earlier studies on the habitat and biology may have equally referred to D. elopsoides which this species closely resembles. Can also be caught with ringnets and dipnets. Occurrence reportedly reaches inland (Ref. 94476).

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 = 0.7520 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.4 ±0.45 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.8-1.2; tmax=1)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (14 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847