Wolf herring

Chirocentrus dorab

The wolf herrings ( Chirocentrus ) are a genus herring -like predators. They live in warm coastal waters of the Red Sea to Japan and Australia.

Features

There are two types that are about a meter long and are of silvery color with bluish back. Your body is elongated and laterally strongly compressed. The ventral edge forms a sharp keel. The scales are small, the dorsal fin is above the anal fin and has 16 to 18 fin rays. The ventral fins are small. The jaws bear long, sharp catch and fine brushing teeth.

The genus Chirocentrus is the only extant Chirocentridae the family. From the Upper Cretaceous of Bolivia is still Gastroculpa known -. 's Fish Anatomy Chirocentrus is of some reputation because he should be the only teleosts allegedly whose midgut still shows traces of the spiral intestine as defined by the most primitive fish (eg sharks ) have. But in truth there is only a shallow circumferential groove ( for surface enlargement ), which has about 40 whorls the spiral intestine about Amia nothing to do ( the next recent relatives with such gut).

Species

• Chirocentrus dorab ( Forsskål, 1775)
• Chirocentrus nudus Swainson, 1839

Both species are fished commercially.