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Name : Anodontostoma chacunda

Common Name : Tarlo
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Clupeiformes
Family : Clupeidae
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Description

Dorsal?spines?(total): 0;?Anal?spines: 0;?Anal?soft rays: 17 - 25. Body depth increasing with size of fish, 40 to 70 % standard length in fishes over 10 cm. Second supra-maxilla a mere splint. Longest gill rakers on lower part of arch less than corresponding gill filaments. Hind edges of scales toothed, the teeth thinner than the gaps between them; a median series of pre-dorsal scales. A large black spot behind gill opening.


Size

Maximum length: 22.0 cm (SL), common length: 14.0 cm (SL)


Diet

Feeds on diatoms, radiolarians, molluscs, copepods, and crustaceans 


Utilization

Marketed fresh, frozen, dried, dried-salted or boiled


Gears

Purse seine, ring seine, trawl, gill net