Castelnau's herring

Herklotsichthys castelnaui

Twenty Centimeters Dorosomatid Fish from the Pacific Ocean

Castelnau's herring is a fish from Southwest Pacific. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. The largest recorded length is 20 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Herklotsichthys
Maximum length: 20 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Southwest Pacific: eastern Australia (Queensland southward to New South Wales). Possibly merely an eastern subspecies, of which Herklotsichthys blackburni is the western counterpart; however, it seems equally close to Herklotsichthys Species C. Reported from lower Fly River, Papua New Guinea (Ref. 13533 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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