Author: Hildebrand, 1941
FBname: Yellowfin menhaden
Comments: A schooling species (but perhaps not in the northern part of its range) occurring inshore and in bays and estuaries.  Feeds by filtering phytoplankton.  Breeds in winter, probably November through to February or March.  Eggs and larvae are planktonic (Ref. 188).  Parasitic copepod found in the stomach (Ref. 37032).