hairback herring
Nematalosa come
- Usual depth1–17 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsAugust and September
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 8 records
- September: 12 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–17 m · Deepest record: 27 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- hairback herring, Hair-back Herring, Perth herring, Western Pacific gizzard shad
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Ryukyudorokui, リュウキュウドロクイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 土黃魚, 扁屏仔, 油魚, 海鯽仔, 環球海鰶
Other scientific names: Chatoessus come, Chatoesus come
Similar species
- Bloch's gizzard shad
Nematalosa nasus
- Goldstripe sardinella
Sardinella gibbosa
Spotted sardinellaAmblygaster sirm
Chacunda gizzard shadAnodontostoma chacunda
- Deep Herring
Escualosa thoracata
- Bluestripe herring
Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 537 open-data records from 1846 to 2012.
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