Araucanian herring

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Araucanian herring'' | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |author2=Williams, J. |year=2017 |title=''Strangomera bentincki'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T98841657A98887036 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98841657A98887036.en |access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref> | parent_authority = Whitehead, 1965 | taxon = Strangomera bentincki | authority = (Norman, 1936) | synonyms = * ''Clupea bentincki'' <small>Norman, 1936</small> }}

The '''Araucanian herring''' ('''''Strangomera bentincki''''' or '''''Clupea bentincki''''') is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae.<ref>{{cite WoRMS|author=Bailly, Nicolas|year=2020|id=282909 |title=''Strangomera bentincki'' (Norman, 1936)}}</ref> It is an epipelagic fish, silvery below and dark blue above, which schools in coastal waters off the west coast of South America. It ranges along the Chilean coast from Valparaiso south to Talcahuano. It schools at depths from {{convert|0|to|70|m|-1}} in nearshore areas.<ref name = iucn/>

There it filter feeds on smaller plankton such as diatoms. It reaches sexual maturity when it is about {{convert|10|cm}} long, and is a pelagic spawner, spawning between June and November.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase |Strangomera|bentincki |month = April|year = 2021}}</ref> It grows to a maximum standard length of {{cvt|15|cm}}.<ref name = iucn/>

==Fisheries== The Araucanian herring is a commercial species, largely used for fishmeal.<ref name=fao>{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2913/en |title=''Clupea bentincki'' (Norman, 1936) |publisher= FAO |series=Species Fact Sheet|date= April 2012}}</ref> Based on the FAO fishery statistics, it was the 12th most important capture fish species in 2009. All reported landings are from Chile.<ref>{{Cite book | publisher = FAO | last = FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) | title = Yearbook of fishery and aquaculture statistics 2009. Capture production | location = Rome | date = 2011 | url = ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/CDrom/CD_yearbook_2009/root/capture/yearbook_capture.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170519070831/ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/CDrom/CD_yearbook_2009/root/capture/yearbook_capture.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2017-05-19 | pages = 27, 221 }}</ref> [[File:Araucanian herring, capture production, thousand tonnes, 1950-2022.svg|left|thumb|400x400px|{{center|Global capture production of Araucanian herring (''Strangomera bentincki'') in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fisheries and Aquaculture - Global Production |url=https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/collection/global_production?lang=en |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)}}</ref>}}]] {{clear}} ==References== {{Reflist}}

==Literature== * {{cite journal |last=Castilla |first=Juan Carlos |year=2010 |url=https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2010/00000086/00000002/art00006 |title=Fisheries in Chile: small pelagics, management, rights, and sea zoning |journal=Bulletin of Marine Science |volume=86 |pages=221–234 }} * {{cite journal |last1=Gómez-Lobo |first1=Andrés |last2=Peña-Torres |first2=Julio |last3=Barría |first3=Patricio |title=ITQ's in Chile: Measuring the Economic Benefits of Reform |journal=Environmental and Resource Economics |date=2010 |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=651–678 |doi=10.1007/s10640-010-9419-9 |s2cid=54719866 |url=http://fen.uahurtado.cl/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/inv179.pdf}} * {{cite book|editor=Whitehead PJP|editor2= Nelson GJ |editor3= Wongratana T |year=1988|series= FAO species catalogue| volume= 7|url=http://www.fao.org/3/a-ac482e.pdf |title=Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei) FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125|location= Rome|isbn=92-5-102340-9|pages= 130–131}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:herring, Araucanian}} Araucanian herring Category:Western South American coastal fauna Category:Commercial fish Araucanian herring Category:Taxa named by John Roxborough Norman Category:Endemic fish of Chile Category:Fauna of Temperate South America