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Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Nematalosa: Greek, nema, -atos = filament + Latin, alausa = a fish cited by Ausonius and Latin, halec = pickle, dealing with the Greek word hals = salt; it is also the old Saxon name for shad = "alli" ; 1591 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Munro supplied no etymology, but probably named for Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh (1640–c. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino; salmastro pelagic-neritic; anadromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 16°S - 32°S, 112°E - 125°E (Ref. 188)
Eastern Indian Ocean: endemic to Western Australia.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 33617); Età massima riportata: 20 anni (Ref. 127616)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 16 - 17; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 22 - 24; Vertebre: 45 - 49. Belly with 16 to 19 (usually 18) + 12 to 14 (usually 12), total 28 to 32 (usually 31) scutes. Anterior arm of pre-operculum with a fleshy triangular area above, not covered by third infra-orbital bone (see N. come). Lower jaw strongly flared outward. A small pectoral axillary scale present. Hind edge of scales toothed. A dark spot behind gill opening.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Abundant in estuaries; also found in coastal embayments. A filter-feeder. Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 33617). Used mainly for bait in the rock lobster fishery in Western Australia (Ref. 33617).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
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)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: pesca di sussistenza; esca: usually
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00871 (0.00415 - 0.01826), b=3.06 (2.89 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items. |
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Generation time |
6.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.17). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoria di prezzo (Ref. 80766) |
Low.
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