Diagnostic Description
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Maxilla toothed, triangular pre-maxillae, 2 supra-maxillae, second supra-maxilla asymmetrical (lower part larger than upper part), vertical striae on scales not meeting at center; W-shaped pelvic scute; few branchiostegal rays (6 or 7).Description: Characterized by bluish body color; predorsal scales about 18-20; depth of body 5.8-7.6 in SL (Ref. 90102).
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- Crispina B. Binohlan
Life Cycle
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Oviparous (Ref. 205).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 12 - 13
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- Crispina B. Binohlan
Trophic Strategy
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Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf. A schooling species (Ref. 75154).
Biology
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Usually an inshore schooling species, inhabiting relatively clear waters of coastal, lagoon, and seaward reefs (Ref. 11230). Relative fecundity is 1596 eggs per unit body weight (Ref. 4383). Caught with beach seines, purse seines, ringnets and dipnets. Marketed fresh or dried-salted (Ref. 5213). Used as bait in the tuna fishery.
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- Crispina B. Binohlan
Importance
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fisheries: minor commercial; bait: usually; price category: low; price reliability: reliable: based on ex-vessel price for this species
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- Crispina B. Binohlan
分布
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分布於印度-西太平洋區，西起紅海、非洲東部，東至薩摩亞、土木土群島，北至臺灣、日本，南至澳洲。臺灣各地均有分布。
利用
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臺灣重要食用魚，澎湖產量頗大，可生鮮、乾製或醃漬出售。主要漁法為流刺網、圍網與巾著網。
描述
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體延長而側扁，腹部圓鈍，無稜鱗。頭較小。吻鈍。眼大，上側位，脂性眼瞼少或缺如。口小，端位；上下頜約等長；上頜骨末端達眼前緣下方；上頜具絨毛狀齒。鰓蓋條數6-7；下枝鰓耙數28。體被細薄圓鱗，極易脫落；胸鰭和腹鰭基部具腋鱗1片。背鰭位於體中部前方，具軟條10-11；臀鰭位於體之後半部，具軟條11-14；腹鰭軟條8；尾鰭深叉。體背部淺褐色，體側下方和腹部灰白色；體側中部具1銀白色寬縱帶。背鰭、尾鰭淡灰白色；餘鰭淡色。
棲地
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沿近海中上層洄游性中小型魚類，性喜清澈水域、潟湖及面海礁區。群游性。以浮游生物，如矽藻、橈腳類及其它小型無脊椎動物為主要食物。
Silver-stripe round herring
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The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (Spratelloides gracilis) is a small, herring-like forage fish.[1] They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. It is valued as food in Japan, where it is known as kibinago. These can be eaten raw, as sashimi, or cooked, as whitebait.[2]
Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)
Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks
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Silver-stripe round herring: Brief Summary
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The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (Spratelloides gracilis) is a small, herring-like forage fish. They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. It is valued as food in Japan, where it is known as kibinago. These can be eaten raw, as sashimi, or cooked, as whitebait.
Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)
Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks
Grilled kibinago
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Description
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Usually an inshore schooling species, inhabiting relatively clear waters of coastal, lagoon, and seaward reefs. Relative fecundity is 1596 eggs/unit body weight (Ref. 4383). Caught with beach seines, purse seines, ringnets and dipnets. Marketed fresh or dried-salted (Ref. 5213). Used as bait in the tuna fishery . Widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific .
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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