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Little Eye Herring

Jenkinsia majua Whitehead 1963

Diagnostic Description

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No teeth on pre-maxillae, 1 supra-maxilla; W-shaped pelvic scute; isthmus with distinct blunt `shoulders' anteriorly; vertebrae 38 (one fish); silver lateral band not fading away anteriorly. Lower gill raker counts correlated with geographical area: 24 to 28 for J. majua majua (Gulf of Mexico) and 21 to 24 for J. majua woodsi (Bahamas, northwestern Caribbean) (Whitehead, 1963).
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Crispina B. Binohlan
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0
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Biology

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Usually an inshore schooling species, feeding on zooplankton.
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Importance

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fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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