Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas; estuarina. Tropical; 19°N - 9°N, 90°W - 78°W (Ref. 189)
Western Central Atlantic: Belize south to Panama and northeastern Colombia.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.9 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 124486); common length : 9.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5217)
Espinhos dorsais (total): 0; Espinhos anais 0; Raios anais : 18 - 22. Snout moderate, about 2/3 eye diameter; maxilla relatively long, tip bluntly rounded, reaching to and a little beyond front margin of pre-operculum; gill cover canals of panamensis type. Anal fin fairly long, its origin below about middle of dorsal fin base. A silver stripe along flank, less than eye diameter (Ref. 189). Upper surface of head and back with dusky punctuations: dark spots at base of anal, median dark line posterior to anal (Ref. 37032).
Found along beaches and in estuaries, lagoons or other brackish habitats, apparently able to tolerate a wide range of salinities, but perhaps not entering freshwater.
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Spawn in school (Ref. 205).
Whitehead, P.J.P., G.J. Nelson and T. Wongratana, 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/2):305-579. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 189)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
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