Blackstripe herring

Blackstripe herring
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Lile
Species: L. nigrofasciata
Binomial name
Lile nigrofasciata
Castro-Aguirre, Ruiz-Campos & Balart, 2002

The blackstripe herring (Lile nigrofasciata) is a fish that can be found in the Pacific Ocean around Sonora, Mexico.[1] Its diet consists of pelagic crustaceans, zooplankton, pelagic fish larvae, and pelagic fish eggs. It prefers a depth of about 10 m max. It poses no threat to humans, and is of least concern on the IUCN Red List status.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Lile nigrofasciata" in FishBase. May 2016 version.
  2. Blackstripe Herring


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