Slender white sardine

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Slender white sardine
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Escualosa
Species:
E. elongata
Binomial name
Escualosa elongata
Wongratana, 1983

The slender white sardine (Escualosa elongata) is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Dorosomatidae in the genus Escualosa . [2] It was described by Thosaporn Wongratana in 1983. [3] It is a tropical fish which was discovered at a Sunday market in Bangkok, Thailand, though the two specimens (holotype: BMNH 1973.1.18.1; paratype: CUB (uncat. 1) [4] ) were caught off the eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand. [2] The sardines are known to swim at a maximum depth of 50 metres. The largest known standard length for the species is 6.7 centimetres (2.64 inches). [2] [4] It is distinguished from its sister species, Escualosa thoracata (the white sardine) by having a slenderer body, earning it its common name, and also by a silver band on its flank. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Gaughan, D. (2017). "Escualosa elongata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T98472163A98846392. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98472163A98846392.en . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Escualosa elongata at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Wongratana, T., 1983 (10 Mar.) [ref. 8265] Diagnoses of 24 new species and proposal of a new name for a species of Indo-Pacific clupeoid fishes. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 29 (no. 4): 385-407.
  4. 1 2 Escualosa elongata Archived 2013-04-22 at archive.today at www.fishwise.co.za.
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