Dotted gizzard shad

Konosirus punctatus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–33 m
Water temperature9–27 °C
Best monthsJuly, September, and October
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) 四葉亭四迷, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Konosirus punctatus is a species of fish in the family Dorosomatidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Konosirus. Its common names include dotted gizzard shad and konoshiro gizzard shad. It is native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs along the Asian coastline.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Konosirus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2 records
February: 3 records
March: 6 records
April: 10 records
May: 7 records
June: 8 records
July: 22 records
August: 19 records
September: 23 records
October: 21 records
November: 11 records
December: 11 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–33 m · Deepest record: 37.5 m

0–10 m: 33 records
10–20 m: 7 records
20–30 m: 15 records
30–40 m: 9 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 9–27 °C

8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 7 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 73 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 8 records
26–28 °C: 4 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Dotted gizzard shad, Konoshiro gizzard shad, dotted gizzard shad, Gizzard shad, Spotted Sardine

Names in 4 more languages

German: gefleckter Pazifikhering
Japanese: Konoshiro, コノシロ
Korean: 전어
Simplified Chinese: 扁屏仔, 斑鰶, 油魚, 海鯽仔, 窩斑鰶

Other scientific names: Chatoessus aquosus, Chatoessus punctatus, Clupanodon punctatus, Nealosa punctata

Similar species

Goldstripe sardinella
Sardinella gibbosa
Spotted sardinella
Amblygaster sirm
Chacunda gizzard shad
Anodontostoma chacunda
Deep Herring
Escualosa thoracata
Bluestripe herring
Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus
Kelee shad
Hilsa kelee

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
654 open-data records from 1846 to 2021.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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