Graceful piquitinga (Lile gracilis)

Scientific name: Lile gracilis Castro-Aguirre & Vivero, 1990

Graceful piquitinga (Lile gracilis)

The Graceful piquitinga (Lile gracilis) is a marine fish of the family Clupeidae. Native range: Eastern Central Pacific, Mexico.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lile gracilis
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
8.0
Environment
Marine; pelagic-neritic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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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