blackstripe herring
Lile nigrofasciata Castro-Aguirre, Ruiz-Campos & Balart, 2002
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The blackstripe herring (Lile nigrofasciata) is a species of tropical sardine found in the Tropical Eastern Pacific, first documented in a coastal lagoon near Sonora, Mexico. Its diet consists of pelagic crustaceans, zooplankton, fish larvae, and fish eggs. It is typically found in muddy or sandy shores and high-salinity estuaries at depths of 0–10 meters.
Wikipedia contributors, Blackstripe herring; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:40:40.939071+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lile nigrofasciata Castro-Aguirre, Ruiz-Campos & Balart, 2002
- Name authority
- Castro-Aguirre, Ruiz-Campos & Balart, 2002
- Common name
- blackstripe herring
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Family
- Dorosomatidae
- Genus
- Lile
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderClupeiformes
- suborderClupeoidei Bleeker, 1859
- familyDorosomatidae Gill, 1861
- genusLile Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- speciesLile nigrofasciata Castro-Aguirre, Ruiz-Campos & Balart, 2002
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lile. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| striped herringLile stolifera (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | DorosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lile piquitinga (Schreiner & Miranda Ribeiro, 1903) | DorosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Castro-Aguirre, J. L., Ruiz-Campos, G., & Balart, E. F. (2002). A new species of the genus Lile (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) of the eastern tropical Pacific. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 101. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6PYMK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.