Panama Longfin Herring

Belly with an uninterrupted keel of about 29 or 30 scutes, the outer edges of the scutes distinctly serrated. Upper jaw broad at midpoint, tapering posteriorly, the tip reaching or surpassing the gill opening; no hypo-maxilla. Pectoral fins large; dorsal fin rather small, set far back on body; anal fin long.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 61 - 68

Perhaps enters estuaries like its congeners. Feeds on fish and planktonic crustaceans (Ref. 188).

Found inshore, perhaps entering estuaries (Ref. 9336). Feeds on small crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 9336).

fisheries: subsistence fisheries