Dwarf round herring

The dwarf round herring (Jenkinsia lamprotaenia) is a marine species of fish in the family Spratelloididae. It is found in the western-central Atlantic Ocean from Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico south to Tobago. The species is both edible and used as live bait.^[3]

Dwarf round herring
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Spratelloididae
Genus:	Jenkinsia
Species:	J. lamprotaenia
Binomial name
Jenkinsia lamprotaenia (Gosse, 1851)
Synonyms[2]
Clupea lamprotaenia Gosse, 1851 Stolephorus viridis T. H. Bean, 1912 Jenkinsia viridis (T. H. Bean, 1912) Jenkinsia bermudana Rivas, 1946

Description

The dwarf round herring can grow to a recorded maximum length of 7.5 cm (2.9 inches).^[4] They live in inshore area of 0 - 50 m depth under water in schools.^[5] The fish is greyish-green by colour and feeds on zooplankton.^[6]