Sardinella albella

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White sardinella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Sardinella
Species:
S. albella
Binomial name
Sardinella albella
(Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Kowala albellaValenciennes, 1847
  • Clupalosa bulanBleeker, 1849
  • Clupea bulan(Bleeker, 1849)
  • Harengula bulan(Bleeker, 1849)
  • Sardinella bulan(Bleeker, 1849)
  • Clupeonia perforataCantor, 1849
  • Clupea perforata(Cantor, 1849)
  • Harengula perforata(Cantor, 1849)
  • Sardinella perforata(Cantor, 1849)
  • Clupea perforate(Cantor, 1849)
  • Kowala lautaCantor, 1849
  • Spratella kowalaBleeker, 1851
  • Clupea sundaicaBleeker, 1851
  • Harengula dollfusiChabanaud, 1933
  • Sardinella melanura(non Cuvier, 1829) misapplied
  • Sardinella zunasi(non Bleeker, 1854) misapplied
  • Clupea hypelosoma(non Bleeker, 1866) misapplied

The white sardinella (Sardinella albella), also known as deep-bodied sardine, perforated-scale sardine or short-bodied sardine, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella . [1] It is an important food fish, which can be feed as dried, salted, or fresh forms.

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Description

It is distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific oceans from Madagascar, around India, Sri Lanka, and eastward to Indonesia, Taiwan and south to Papua New Guinea.

It is a small schooling fish found in depth of 20-50m. Maximum length do not exceed 21.5 cm. The fish has 13 to 21 dorsal soft rays and 12 to 23 anal soft rays. There is a dark spot at origin part of dorsal fin. It feeds on small planktons.

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References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sardinella albella". FishBase . August 2014 version.
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