Brevoortia gunteri, Finescale menhaden : fisheries

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Brevoortia gunteri Hildebrand, 1948

Finescale menhaden
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Alosidae (Shads and Sardines)
Etymology: Brevoortia: From James Carson Brevoort (1818-1887), studie the fauna from Ohio and South Caroline (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Hildebrand.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188). Subtropical; 30°N - 17°N, 99°W - 88°W (Ref. 188)

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Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico (Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Campeche, Mexico) but no certain records from Caribbean. Also Yucatan (Ref. 26938).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Scutes apparent along belly. Upper jaw with distinct median notch. Pelvic fin with oblique and almost straight hind margin, the inner fin rays markedly shorter than outer fin rays when fin folded back. Pre-dorsal scales modified; scales small and numerous, those on back and above base of anal fin markedly smaller than rest. A black spot behind gill opening, but none along flank (Ref. 188). Fins dusky to yellow (Ref. 7251).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Schooling in inshore waters, including bays (possibly euryhaline). Feeds on plankton. No data on breeding (Ref. 188). Spawns during winter and possibly during early spring (Ref. 37032).

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Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. 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(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 July 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.4 - 27.2, mean 24.4 °C (based on 124 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00400 - 0.01440), b=3.01 (2.85 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.4   ±0.17 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 119 [69, 202] mg/100g; Iron = 1.64 [0.94, 2.75] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [18.4, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.565 [0.345, 0.904] g/100g; Selenium = 19.5 [10.5, 36.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 10.8 [4.4, 26.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.32 [0.93, 1.87] mg/100g (wet weight);