Jenkinsia

Jenkinsia is a genus of round herring in the family Spratelloididae. They are found in the central western Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. Four recognized species are placed in this genus.

Jenkinsia
A school of Florida round herring (J. stolifera) in the United States Virgin Islands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Spratelloididae
Genus:	Jenkinsia D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Type species
Dussumieria stolifera Jordan & Gilbert, 1884[1]

Jenkinsia are seen in Puerto Rico in 2005.

Species

Jenkinsia contains the following species:^[2]

• Jenkinsia lamprotaenia (P. H. Gosse, 1851) (dwarf round herring)
• Jenkinsia majua Whitehead, 1963 (little-eye round herring)
• Jenkinsia parvula Cervigón & Velazquez, 1978 (short-striped round herring)
• Jenkinsia stolifera (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1884) (Florida round herring)