Araucanian herring
The Araucanian herring is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is an epipelagic fish, silvery below and dark blue above, which schools in coastal waters off the west coast of South America. It ranges along the Chilean coast from Valparaiso south to Talcahuano. It schools at depths from in nearshore areas.
There it filter feeds on smaller plankton such as diatoms. It reaches sexual maturity when it is about long, and is a pelagic spawner, spawning between June and November. It grows to a maximum standard length of.