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Dorosoma anale in Belize
Mexican river gizzard shad

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Dorosoma anale   Meek, 1904
Family:	Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)			picture (Doana_j0.jpg) by Dubosc, J.
Order:	Clupeiformes  (herrings)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Mexican river gizzard shad
Max. size:	20.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 188)
Environment:	pelagic
Climate:	tropical; 21°N - 14°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	North America: Mexico (Río Papaloapan in southern Veracruz and Oaxaca) southward to northern Guatemala (Río Ucumacinta basin). Reported from Belize (Ref. 30499).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 17-38. Body moderately deep; belly with 18 + 10 or 11 scutes. Mouth small, inferior; lower jaw short. Last dorsal fin ray long, about equal to distance snout tip to about mid-pectoral fin; anal fin long. Scales small, somewhat irregular. A dark spot behind gill opening. Gill rakers fine and numerous.
Biology:	Occurs in rivers, apparently not yet recorded in brackish water. A filter feeder. More data needed
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Whitehead, P.J.P.. 1985. (Ref. 188)
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Belize country information
Common names:	Longfin gizzard shad		Ref:  Greenfield, D.W. and J.E. Thomerson, 1997
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
National  Checklist:	Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bh.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Greenfield, D.W. and J.E. Thomerson, 1997
National Database:	Belize Biodiversity Information System
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	Entered:  Sampang, Arlene G.

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