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Harengula jaguana Poey, 1865

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 23. Tooth plate on tongue and tooth plate behind it (basihyal and basibranchial tooth plates) very broad, their width about 3 to 5 times in their combined length, the basihyal tooth plate with a very distinct bulge in front (Ref. 188). Scales fairly strongly attached, not easily lost (Ref. 188). No dark pigment on dorsal fin tip (Ref. 188). No orange or red spot at opercle. Belly deep, lower profile decidedly more curved than the flattened upper profile (Ref. 7251).

Common Names

  • Sleď kubánský , Czech , Czechia
  • Skælsild , Danish , Denmark
  • Guiana harring , English , Martinique
  • Guiana harring , English , Guyana
  • Guiana harring , English , Guadeloupe
  • Hardback herring , English , Trinidad Tobago
  • Herring , English , Guyana
  • Pilchard , English , USA
  • Scaled herring , English , Global
  • Scaled sardine , English , Belize
  • Scaled Sardine , English , Cuba
  • Scaled sardine , English , Mexico
  • Scaled sardine , English , Puerto Rico
  • Scaled sardine , English , USA
  • Scaled sardine , English , Bahamas
  • Soomussardiinike , Estonian , Estonia
  • Harengule jagane , French , Global
  • Uroko-sappa , Japanese , Japan
  • 大西洋青鱗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大西洋青鳞鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 平萨青鳞鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 平薩青鱗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Sledzianka wielka , Polish , Poland
  • Savelha-cascuda , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Sardinha , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Sardinha-cascuda , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Cascarua , Spanish , Puerto Rico
  • Conchúa , Spanish , Spain
  • Sardina , Spanish , Colombia
  • Sardina , Spanish , Dominican Rp
  • Sardina , Spanish , Puerto Rico
  • Sardina , Spanish , Spain
  • Sardina escamudina , Spanish , Cuba
  • Sardina jaguana , Spanish , Colombia
  • Sardineta , Spanish , Colombia
  • Sardineta jaguana , Spanish , Nicaragua
  • Sardineta jaguana , Spanish , Spain
  • Sardinita vivita escamuda , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Clupeiformes

    Family: Dorosomatidae

    Genus: Harengula

    Species: Harengula jaguana Poey, 1865

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Occurs in coastal waters, over mud sand bottoms and frequently near brackish or hyper-saline estuaries (Ref. 5217). Forms schools. Marketed fresh or canned.

    Habitat

    brackish