Author: (Valenciennes, 1847)
FBname: Pacific menhaden
Comments: Occurs in coastal waters, forming large schools.  Feeds by filtering phytoplankton (diatoms) and zooplankton (especially copepods), but will also take small fishes and crustaceans.  Breeds in spring (Chile), depositing its eggs in coastal waters on sand, to which the sticky eggs cling, the larvae rising and joining the surface plankton on hatching.  Marketed fresh, frozen, or canned.