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Ilisha fuerthii

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII CLUPEIFORMES PRISTIGASTERIDAE

Scientific Name: Ilisha fuerthii
Species Authority: (Steindachner, 1875)
Common Name/s:
English – Hatchet Herring, Herring, Pacific Ilisha
French – Alose Lame, Ilisha du Pacifique
Spanish – Anchoa, Machete, Sardina Chata, Sardina Hacha, Sardineta Chata, Sardineta del Pacífico
Synonym/s:
Ilisha furthi (Steindachner, 1875)
Ilisha furthii (Steindachner, 1875)
Pelllona panamensis Steindachner, 1875
Pellona fuerthii Steindachner, 1875

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2010
Assessor/s: Iwamoto, T., Eschmeyer, W. & Alvarado, J.
Reviewer/s: Carpenter, K., Polidoro, B. & Livingstone, S. (Global Marine Species Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
This species has a wide distribution, no major threats, and is present in Marine Protected Areas. Therefore, it is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: The geographical range of this eastern central Pacific species extends from central Mexico to northern Peru.
Countries:
Native:
Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southeast
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Population [top]

Population: No population data is available for this species.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species occurs in coastal waters, entering estuaries perhaps to spawn, and feeds on planktonic crustaceans. Larger individuals feed on shrimp, and it has pelagic eggs and larvae (Whitehead and Rodríguez-Sánchez 1995). It is found to 10 m.
Systems: Freshwater; Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no major threats for the survival of this species.


This species is important in minor commercial fisheries (Whitehead and Rodríguez-Sánchez 1995).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: There are no known conservation measures for this species. However, this species' distribution includes a number of Marine Protected Areas in the central tropical eastern Pacific region.
Citation: Iwamoto, T., Eschmeyer, W. & Alvarado, J. 2010. Ilisha fuerthii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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