Perth herring

The Perth herring lives in the pelagic-neritic, marine, depth range 10 - 13 m environment.

"When you're losing things like perth herring which are one of the major forage species, the ecosystem's being destroyed from the bottom upwards," he said. Environment Minister Mark McGowan says record funding is being spent on the problem. More

Western school prawn and Perth herring stocks in the Swan Estuary have declined significantly over a period of decades. Sea mullet, yellow-eye mullet, Australian herring and yellowtail trumpeter may also have declined in abundance in the estuary. More

end of their first year of life, Perth herring had reached mean lengths of 105 mm (= 9.8 g) in 1977, 105 mm (= 10.0 g) in 1978, and 95 mm (= 7.9 g) in 1979. The von Bertalanffy growth equation was calculated to be Lt = 381{1 -exp}. More

Common names

Baydyiil in Tokelauan
Dorosoma západoaustralská in Czech (česky)
Hairback herring in English
Kabasi in Hiligaynon
Perth herring in English
Ryukyu-dorokui in Japanese (日本語)
Vestpacifisk kråsesild in Danish (dansk)
western pacific gizzard shad in English
扁屏仔 in Mandarin Chinese
油魚 in Mandarin Chinese
油鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
海鯽仔 in Mandarin Chinese
海鲫仔 in Mandarin Chinese
环球海鰶 in Mandarin Chinese
環球海鰶 in Mandarin Chinese
西太平洋海鰶 in Chinese (中文)
西太平洋海鰶 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Clupeiformes
Family : Clupeidae
Genus : Nematalosa
Species : Nematalosa come
Authority : Richardson, 1846