Sardinella albella

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.

White sardinella

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Clupeiformes
Family:
Clupeidae
Genus:
Sardinella
Species:
S. albella
Binomial name
Sardinella albella
(Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Kowala albella Valenciennes, 1847
  • Clupalosa bulan Bleeker, 1849
  • Clupea bulan (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Harengula bulan (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Sardinella bulan (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Clupeonia perforata Cantor, 1849
  • Clupea perforata (Cantor, 1849)
  • Harengula perforata (Cantor, 1849)
  • Sardinella perforata (Cantor, 1849)
  • Clupea perforate (Cantor, 1849)
  • Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849
  • Spratella kowala Bleeker, 1851
  • Clupea sundaica Bleeker, 1851
  • Harengula dollfusi Chabanaud, 1933
  • Sardinella melanura (non Cuvier, 1829) misapplied
  • Sardinella zunasi (non Bleeker, 1854) misapplied
  • Clupea hypelosoma (non Bleeker, 1866) misapplied

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.

See also

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Sardinella albella" in FishBase. August 2014 version.


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