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Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Sardinella: Latin and Greek, sarda = sardine; name related to the island of Sardinia; diminutive (Ref. 45335).

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Marine; pelagic-neritic. Tropical

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Indian Ocean: India and Sri Lanka.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128123)

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This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: caudal fin no black spots on its lobe tips; black spot present on dorsal-fin origin; lateral body scales with centrally discontinuous vertical striae, and with numerous pores posteriorly; body scales (except the ventral scutes) non-deciduous; pelvic fin with one unbranched and seven branched rays; anal fin with three unbranched and 15-18 (modally 17) branched rays; gill rakers on first gill arch, upper limb 59-77 (69), lower limb 92-118 (104), total 155-190 (173); scutes on ventral edge of body 17-18 (18) + 13-15 (14) = 31-33 (32); pseudobranchial flaments 18-21 (19); head long, its length 26.3-29.6% SL; anal-fin base short, with length 13.5-16.2% SL; upper jaw relatively long, its length 10.9-12.4% SL; lower jaw relatively long, with length 11.5-13.1% SL (Ref. 128123).

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Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2019. Validity of Sardinella dayi Regan 1917 and redescription of Sardinella jussieui (Valenciennes 1847) (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae). Ichthyol. Res. 67(2):287-293 [1-7]. (Ref. 128123)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 02 March 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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