Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775)

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Chirocentrus dorab : Losse, 1966 : 169Check list of elopoid and clupeoid fishes in East African coastal waters. | Bauchot & Bianchi, 1984 : 37, fig.Fiches FAO d'identification des espèces pour les besoins de la pêche. Guide des poissons commerciaux de Madagascar (espèces marines et d'eaux saumâtres). | Whitehead, 1984 : 2 p., fig.Chirocentridae. | Bianchi, 1985 : 11, fig.FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Whitehead, 1985 : 23-24, fig.FAO species catalogue. Vol.7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies & wolf-herrings. Part 1. Chirocentridae, Clupeidae & Pristigasteridae. | Fischer et al., 1990 : 78, fig.Fichas FAO de identificaçao de espécies para actividades de pesca. Guia de campo das espécies comerciais marinhas e de aguas salobras de Moçambique. | van der Elst, 1993 : 179A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. | Sommer et al., 1996 : 152, fig.FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Somalia. | Pereira, 2000 : 8Preliminary checklist of reef-associated fishes of Mozambique. | Golani & Bogorodsky, 2010 : 14The fishes of the Red Sea - reappraisal and updated checklist. | Fricke et al., 2018 : 53Annotated checklist of the fishes of Madagascar, southwestern Indian Ocean, with 158 new records. | Golani & Fricke, 2018 : 32Checklist of the Red Sea fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants..
Clupea dorab : Forsskål, 1775 : 72 (senior synonym)Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. | Losse, 1966 : 169 (synonym of Chirocentrus dorab) (senior synonym)Check list of elopoid and clupeoid fishes in East African coastal waters. | Whitehead, 1985 : 23 (synonym of Chirocentrus dorab) (senior synonym)FAO species catalogue. Vol.7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies & wolf-herrings. Part 1. Chirocentridae, Clupeidae & Pristigasteridae..
Clupea dentex : Bloch & Schneider, 1801 : 428 (junior synonym)Systema ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. | Whitehead, 1969 a : 266 (synonym of Chirocentrus dorab) (junior synonym)The clupeid fishes described by Bloch and Schneider. | Whitehead, 1985 : 23 (synonym of Chirocentrus dorab) (junior synonym)FAO species catalogue. Vol.7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies & wolf-herrings. Part 1. Chirocentridae, Clupeidae & Pristigasteridae..
Esox chirocentrus : Lacépède, 1803 : 296, 317, pl. 8 fig. 1 (junior synonym)Histoire naturelle des poissons. | Whitehead, 1985 : 23 (synonym of Chirocentrus dorab) (junior synonym)FAO species catalogue. Vol.7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies & wolf-herrings. Part 1. Chirocentridae, Clupeidae & Pristigasteridae..
Chirocentris hypselosoma : Bleeker, 1852 f : 71 (junior synonym)Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Singapore. | Whitehead, 1985 : 23 (synonym of Chirocentrus dorab) (junior synonym)FAO species catalogue. Vol.7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies & wolf-herrings. Part 1. Chirocentridae, Clupeidae & Pristigasteridae..

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Colour pattern : Whitehead, 1984 .
Common names : Wolfharing (Afrikaans), Dorab / Huff / Samak abu sayf (Arabic), Dorab / Dorab wolf-herring / Silver barfish / Wolf herring / Wolf-herring / Wolfherring (English), Chirocentre dorab / Sabre (French), Espadela / Machope espada / Sanbelag (Portuguese), Arencon dorab / Arenque lobo de la India / Sabre (Spanish), Mkonge (Swahili: Tanzania) .
Current distribution known : probably throughout the warmer coastal waters, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia .
Distribution_references : Fricke et al., 2018 | Whitehead, 1984 | Whitehead, 1985 .
Food habits : feeds mainly on small fish and crustaceans. Voracious predators of small schooling fishes .
Food habits_references : Sommer et al., 1996 | Whitehead, 1984 | Whitehead, 1985 .
Habitat / home range : a pelagic, inshore fish (including brackish water) found in the warmer waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific .
Habitat_references : Whitehead, 1984 | Whitehead, 1985 .
Morphology / anatomy : Whitehead, 1984 | Whitehead, 1985 .
Size : 1000 mm SL .
Types :
- Chirocentris hypselosoma Bleeker, 1852: 71. Type locality: Singapore; Semarang, Java, Indonesia. Lectotype RMNH 7104.
- Clupea dentex Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 428. Type locality: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea; Al-Mukha, Yemen, Red Sea. No types known.
- Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775: 72. Type locality: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea; (Mochhae) Al-Mukha, Yemen, Red Sea. No types known.
- Esox chirocentrus Lacépède, 1803: 296, 317, pl. 8 fig. 1. No type locality. No types known.
Use and trade : marketed fresh, frozen or dried and salted .