Australian freshwater herring (Potamalosa richmondia)

Scientific name: Potamalosa richmondia Macleay, 1879

Australian freshwater herring (Potamalosa richmondia)

The Australian freshwater herring (Potamalosa richmondia) is a freshwater fish of the family Clupeidae. Native range: Oceania, Endemic to southeastern Australia.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 27. Body fairly elongate, belly keeled, with 16 to 18 + 14 or 15 scutes; about 14 dorsal scutes with low keel from head to dorsal fin origin. Minute or no teeth in jaws; second supra-maxilla slender. Branchiostegal rays 8. Anal fin origin far behind dorsal fin base. Juveniles resemble Hyperlophus, which has a deeper second supra-maxilla, only 4 branchiostegal rays and i 6 pelvic fin rays.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Potamalosa richmondia
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
32.0
Common length
15.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; catadromous
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Oceania: Endemic to southeastern Australia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.13; tmax=11)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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