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Common names: Redeye, Redeye roundherring, Rooioog
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: Okeyo, D.O., 2005
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Walvis Bay southward (Ref. 3259). Taken with purse seines and trawls (Ref. 27121), utilized for the production of fish meal and fish oil (Ref. 36731). Also Ref. 188, 54854.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dussumieriidae ()
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Common names from other countries

Shadine de Angola, Sardina angoleña, Rooi-oog-rondeharing, ... more

Main reference

DiBattista, J.D., J.E. Randall and B.W. Bowen. 2012. (Ref. 91762)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 22.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 91762)

Environment

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 5286)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 20°C (Ref. 107945); 17°S - 35°S, 12°E - 31°E

Distribution

Southeastern Atlantic to Western Indian Ocean: southern Africa (Walvis Bay to Durban) to southern Angola.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18-20; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13; Vertebrae: 50. Numerous branchiostegal rays (11 to 15); without pre-and post pelvic scutes; W-shaped pelvic scute; rectangular pre-maxillae; pelvic fins less advanced and the isthmus with lateral flanges or `shoulders' as compared to Dussumieria.

Mainly an inshore species. Often forms shoals together with pilchard (Ref. 27121). Feeds on larger types of zooplankton (Ref. 27121).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5098 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.4 ±0.45 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.7)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (17 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Etrumeus whiteheadi Wongratana, 1983