Day's round herring (Dayella malabarica)

Scientific name: Dayella malabarica Day, 1873

Day's round herring (Dayella malabarica)

The Day's round herring (Dayella malabarica) is a freshwater fish of the family Clupeidae. Native range: Asia, Southwestern India.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 27. With 1 to 4 unkeeled and irregular scutes without vertical arms; pelvic scute with vertical arms (not W-shaped, cf. Spratelloides, Dussumieria); no post-pelvic scutes. Snout pointed, lower jaw a little prominent, small but distinct teeth in each jaw; second supra-maxilla long; gill rakers on hind face of third epibranchial (cf. absent in Ehirava fluviatilis).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Dayella malabarica
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
6.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; amphidromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Asia: Southwestern India.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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