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Encyclopedia > Wolf herring
Wolf herrings
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Chirocentridae
Genus: Chirocentrus
Species

Chirocentrus dorab
Chirocentrus nudus

The wolf herrings are a family (Chirocentridae) of two marine species of ray-finned fish related to the herrings.


Both species have elongated bodies and jaws with long sharp teeth that facilitate their ravenous appetites, mostly for other fish. Both species reach a length of 1 meter. They have silvery sides and bluish back.


They are commercially fished, and marketed fresh or frozen.


The Dorab wolf-herring Chirocentrus dorab is found in warm coastal waters from the Red Sea to Japan and Australia.


The whitefin wolf-herring Chirocentrus nudus is found in a similar range, and is difficult to distinguish from C. dorab (the former has a black mark on its dorsal fin). This species is also known to eat crabs in addition to its usual diet of smaller fish.


External link

  • FishBase info for Chirocentridae (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=45)

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Herring Biology - What is a herring? (1341 words)
The Atlantic herring is a relatively small fish that schools in waters of northern latitudes, filtering plankton from the water.
Atlantic herring spawn in the spring and fall whereas Pacific herring are strictly spring spawners.
Herring are pelagic, fish that inhabit the open sea and offshore banks for most of their lives.
Dorab Wolf Herring, Chirocentrus dorab (229 words)
The Dorab Wolf Herring has an elongate, compressed body with a sharp belly.
In Australia it is known from the central coast of Western Australia, around the tropical north of the country and south on the east coast to southern Queensland.
The Dorab Wolf Herring feeds on primarily on fishes (mainly clupeids and engraulids) although crustaceans, squids and other invertebrates are also eaten.
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