Dotted gizzard shad (Konosirus punctatus)

Scientific name: Konosirus punctatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846

Dotted gizzard shad (Konosirus punctatus)

The Dotted gizzard shad (Konosirus punctatus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Clupeidae.

Biology

Found off coasts and in bays, but migrating into shallower brackish water for breeding, at least in Ariake Sound (south Kyushu), where spawning takes place far up the Sound in April and May. Individuals apparently spawn twice or more during the season.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Konosirus punctatus
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
32.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: coasts of Japan from about 38?N southward; Sea of Japan north to Vladivostok on mainland; also Yellow Sea, including Gulf of Pohai and East China Sea south to Taiwan Island and Hong Kong).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming tm=1)

Sources

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

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