Araucanian herring

Araucanian herring
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Clupeidae
Genus:	Strangomera Whitehead, 1965
Species:	S. bentincki
Binomial name
Strangomera bentincki (Norman, 1936)
Synonyms
Clupea bentincki Norman, 1936

The Araucanian herring (Strangomera bentincki or Clupea bentincki) is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae.^[2] It is an epipelagic fish, silvery below and dark blue above, which schools in coastal waters off the west coast of South America. It ranges along the Chilean coast from Valparaiso south to Talcahuano. It schools at depths from 0 to 70 metres (0 to 230 ft) in nearshore areas.^[1]

There it filter feeds on smaller plankton such as diatoms. It reaches sexual maturity when it is about 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long, and is a pelagic spawner, spawning between June and November.^[3] It grows to a maximum standard length of 15 cm (5.9 in).^[1]

Fisheries

The Araucanian herring is a commercial species, largely used for fishmeal.^[4] Based on the FAO fishery statistics, it was the 12th most important capture fish species in 2009. All reported landings are from Chile.^[5]

Global capture production of Araucanian herring (Strangomera bentincki) in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO^[6]

References

1. Di Dario, F.; Williams, J. (2017). "Strangomera bentincki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T98841657A98887036. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98841657A98887036.en. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
2. Bailly, Nicolas (2020). "Strangomera bentincki (Norman, 1936)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Strangomera bentincki". FishBase. April 2021 version.
4. "Clupea bentincki (Norman, 1936)". Species Fact Sheet. FAO. April 2012.
5. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) (2011). Yearbook of fishery and aquaculture statistics 2009. Capture production (PDF). Rome: FAO. pp. 27, 221. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-19.
6. "Fisheries and Aquaculture - Global Production". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved 2024-05-06.

Literature

• Castilla, Juan Carlos (2010). "Fisheries in Chile: small pelagics, management, rights, and sea zoning". Bulletin of Marine Science. 86: 221–234.
• Gómez-Lobo, Andrés; Peña-Torres, Julio; Barría, Patricio (2010). "ITQ's in Chile: Measuring the Economic Benefits of Reform" (PDF). Environmental and Resource Economics. 48 (4): 651–678. doi:10.1007/s10640-010-9419-9. S2CID 54719866.
• Whitehead PJP; Nelson GJ; Wongratana T, eds. (1988). Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei) FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 (PDF). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7. Rome. pp. 130–131. ISBN 92-5-102340-9.