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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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Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
marino pelagic-neritic; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 15 - 100 m (Ref. 12260). Tropical; 38°N - 33°S, 97°E - 134°E (Ref. 54869)
Eastern Indian Ocean: Phuket, Thailand; southern coasts of East Java and Bali; and Western Australia. Western Pacific: Java Sea, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan Island, southern Japan. Can not be distinguished as yet on morphological grounds from Sardinella aurita which occurs in the Atlantic Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm 14.3, range 14 - 15 cm
Max length : 23.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 188); common length : 20.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 188)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 13 - 21; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 12 - 23. A faint golden spot behind gill opening, followed by a faint golden mid-lateral line; a distinct black spot at hind border of gill cover (absence of pigment). Body elongate, sub-cylindrical. Distinguished from all other clupeids in the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific by its pelvic fin ray count of i 8; from S. longiceps by its shorter head length and fewer lower gill rakers.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Adults form large schools in coastal waters, particularly in the Bali Strait upwelling. Found in sheltered bays and lagoons (Ref. 48635). They feed on phytoplankton and zooplankton, chiefly copepods. Time series analysis (Ref. 9586) suggests that recruitment fluctuations are related to ENSO events, as defined in Ref. 9577, 9578 and 9580.
Spawning tends to take place in inshore waters where salinity is low (Ref. 6863) at the beginning of the rainy season. Spawning aggregations may be formed, also including Amblygaster sirm, A. leogaster and Clupea fimbriata.
Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: elevato interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 22.8 - 28.6, mean 27.8 °C (based on 500 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00468 - 0.01122), b=3.10 (2.98 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 2.5 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 1.1 (1.0 - 1.3) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 18
growth studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=0.8-1.3; tmax=4.5).
Prior r = 1.19, 95% CL = 0.79 - 1.79, Based on 6 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).
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Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 257 [134, 389] mg/100g; Iron = 1.99 [1.18, 3.52] mg/100g; Protein = 20.3 [19.3, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.286 [0.140, 0.547] g/100g; Selenium = 114 [61, 228] μg/100g; VitaminA = 22.2 [7.0, 65.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.3 [0.9, 1.8] mg/100g (wet weight);
