Blackstripe herring

The blackstripe herring (Lile nigrofasciata) is a species of tropical sardine found in the Tropical Eastern Pacific, first documented in a coastal lagoon near Sonora, Mexico.[3][2] Its diet consists of pelagic crustaceans, zooplankton, fish larvae, and fish eggs. It is typically found in muddy or sandy shores and high-salinity estuaries at depths of 0-10 meters.[4][5]

Blackstripe herring
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Lile
Species:
L. nigrofasciata
Binomial name
Lile nigrofasciata
Castro-Aguirre, Ruiz-Campos & Balart, 2002 [2]

References
  1. Di Dario, F. (2020). "Lile nigrofasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T183437A102896150. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183437A102896150.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Castro-Aguirre, José Luis; Ruiz-Campos, Gorgonio; Balart-Páez, Eduardo Francisco (2002). "A new species of the genus Lile (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) of the eastern tropical Pacific". Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 101 (1): 1–13.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Lile nigrofasciata" in FishBase. May 2016 version.
  4. Blackstripe Herring
  5. "Shorefishes - The Fishes - Species". biogeodb.stri.si.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-07.


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