Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. No teeth on pre-maxillae, 1 supra-maxilla; W-shaped pelvic scute; isthmus with distinct blunt `shoulders' anteriorly; vertebrae 38 (one fish); silver lateral band not fading away anteriorly. Lower gill raker counts correlated with geographical area: 24 to 28 for J. majua majua (Gulf of Mexico) and 21 to 24 for J. majua woodsi (Bahamas, northwestern Caribbean) (Whitehead, 1963).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Spratelloididae

Genus: Jenkinsia

Species: Jenkinsia majua Whitehead, 1963

Climate Zone

Biology

Usually an inshore schooling species, feeding on zooplankton.

Habitat

associated

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless