Red-eye round herring (Etrumeus teres)

Scientific name: Etrumeus teres DeKay, 1842

The Red-eye round herring (Etrumeus teres) is a marine fish of the family Clupeidae.

Biology

Mainly inshore but has been occasionally taken 120 km from the Ecuador coast; also occur on shelf edge or surface, and between 50-150m. Usually occur in large schools. Epipelagic. Feed mainly on euphausiids and copepods. Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae. Marketed fresh, salted and canned. Also processed into fishmeal.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Etrumeus teres
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
33.0
Common length
25.0
Depth range
0–150 m (0–492 ft)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous; depth range 0 - 150 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique border to Durban, South Africa possibly further south; off Cape Gardefui and in the Red Sea, with immigrants to eastern Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: Bay of Fundy to Florida in USA, Gulf of Mexico, Venezuela, and the Guianas. Also Nova Scotia, Canada. Western Pacific: Japan, Arafura Sea and southern coasts of Australia. Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Chile, including the Galapagos Islands and Hawaii.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: highly commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.3-0.8; tm=1.7; tmax=5)

Sources

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

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