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Bluestripe Herring

Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus

Also known as: Blueline Herring, Fourspot Herring, Fourspot Sardine, Goldspot Herring, Goldspot Sardine, Murray Island Sardine, Oily Herring, Small-spotted Herring, Spotback Herring, Spotted Herring

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2017
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@markn · Anaikii (?) Motel, Niue · July 20171 / 6
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Overview

Found in large schools, in shallow water, over coastal bays, lagoons, and mangroves, moving to deeper waters at night.
They feed nocturnally on zooplankton.

Herrings are the largest of the schooling baitfish and are one of the most important fish in the food chain!

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blue stripestripes
Behaviour
nocturnalschooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found in large schools, in shallow water, over coastal bays, lagoons, and mangroves, moving to deeper waters at night.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderClupeiformes
    5. familyDorosomatidae
    6. genusHerklotsichthys
    7. speciesHerklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837)

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