Menhaden Smith [1] , or yellowfin menhene [1] ( lat. Brevoortia smithi ) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the herring family. They live in the Gulf of Mexico - from Beaufort ( North Carolina ) to the Florida District of the Indian River [2] .
| Menhaden smith |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
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Brevoortia smithi Hildebrand , 1941 |
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Fish are usually 20 cm long, less often reach 33 cm [2] . The body is silver, with a greenish or bluish back. Golden yellow fins. There is only one black spot behind the gill petals [2] .
Kosyakov fishes (possibly, except for the north of their range), found in coastal areas, in bays and in the oceanic region. They feed on plankton filtered from water [2] .
The following species of parasites are noted on fish of this species [3] :
- Lernaeenicus radiatus (Le Sueur, 1824) (ectoparasite);
- Nothobomolochus teres (CB Wilson, 1911) (ectoparasite).
- ↑ 1 2 Reshetnikov Yu. S. , Kotlyar A. N. , Russ T. S. , Shatunovsky M. I. Pyatiazychny dictionary of animal names. Fish. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V.E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. laz., 1989. - p. 58. - 12 500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00237-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Information (English) . Website: "fishbase.org". The appeal date is March 18, 2012. Archived September 15, 2012.
- Мен Type of Menhaden Smith (English) in the World Register of Marine Species .