Pacific piquitinga (Lile stolifera)

Scientific name: Lile stolifera Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Pacific piquitinga (Lile stolifera)

The Pacific piquitinga (Lile stolifera) is a marine fish of the family Clupeidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California to the Gulf of Guayaquil.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 23. Body moderately slender, quite strongly compressed, belly sharply keeled. The bright silver stripe along the flank distinguishes it from all similar clupeids in the area. Hind border of gill opening evenly rounded (with two fleshy outgrowths in Harengula and Opisthonema, the latter with a filamentous last dorsal fin ray).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lile stolifera
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
13.0
Common length
10.0
Depth range
0–50 m (0–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to the Gulf of Guayaquil.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.36)

Sources

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

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