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Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Dorosoma: Greek, doris = lance + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335); cepedianum: Named after the French ichthyologist, Lacepede (Ref. 10294).
Eponymy: Bernard Germaine Etienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède (also spelled La Cepède) (1756– 1825), was a French naturalist and politician. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Lesueur.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser; süßwasser; brackwasser pelagic-neritic; anadrom (Ref. 138280); tiefenbereich 0 - 33 m (Ref. 39020). Subtropical; ? - 32°C (Ref. 12741); 49°N - 21°N, 108°W - 70°W (Ref. 188)
Northwest Atlantic: North America and Gulf of Mexico drainage (southeast South Dakota and central Minnesota, Great Lakes drainage, i.e. in Lake Erie, southern parts of Lakes Huron and Michigan, Lake Ontario basin; not Lake Superior; southernmost New York southward to the Mississippi system and to Gulf southward to Río Pánuco, Mexico.
Länge bei der ersten Reifung / Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm 36.1  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 57.0 cm FL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 40637); common length : 35.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 7251); max. veröff. Gewicht: 2.0 kg (Ref. 40637); max. veröff. Alter: 10 Jahre (Ref. 72462)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 10 - 15; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 25 - 36; Wirbelzahl: 47 - 51. Body moderately deep; belly with 17 to 20 - 10 to 14 scutes. Mouth small; lower jaw short. Last dorsal fin ray long, about equal to distance from snout tip to mid-pectoral fin or beyond; anal fin long. Scales small, somewhat irregular. A dark spot behind gill opening. Gill rakers fine and numerous (Ref. 188). Branchiostegal rays 6 (Ref. 4639). Silvery to brassy, with a bluish back. Stomach thick-walled, gizzard-like (Ref. 7251).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Adults occur mainly in freshwater in large rivers, reservoirs, lakes, swamps, temporary floodwater pools, etc., but adults also found in brackish or saline water of estuaries or bays, preferring quieter open waters. Juveniles are found in great abundance well upstream from brackish water (Ref. 39041). Very young individuals apparently never enter brackish water (Ref. 38947). Larvae are most abundant in surface waters both day and night (Ref. 4639). Adults are herbivorous filter-feeders almost entirely. They breed near the surface in freshwater from late winter (mid-March) through most of the summer (at least to about mid-August). The adhesive eggs sink. Used to some extent as fertilizer and cattle food (Ref. 188).
Temperature range for spawning: 10°C-28.9°C (Ref. 39042), usually most active above 18°C (Ref. 862, 3742).
Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). 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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: weniger kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja; Köder: usually
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Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00871 (0.00764 - 0.00993), b=3.06 (3.02 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
2.4 ±0.21 se; based on food items. |
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Generation time |
6.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies. |
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179) |
mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (tm=2; tmax=6). |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100). 🛈 |
Klimaanfälligkeit (Ref. 125649) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100). 🛈 |
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766) |
Low.
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Nährstoffe (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 91.8 [52.8, 153.9] mg/100g; Iron = 1.56 [0.89, 2.61] mg/100g; Protein = 19.8 [18.6, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.498 [0.293, 0.826] g/100g; Selenium = 22.4 [11.4, 43.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.48 [2.54, 17.22] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.11 [0.75, 1.57] mg/100g (wet weight); |