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Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829)

Blacktip sardinella
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India country information

Common names: Blackstrip sardinella, Chalai, Gumbala
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Coromondal coast, Tuticorin, Travancore and Port Blair (Ref. 45255) and Chilka Lake (Ref. 29108). Also Ref. 188.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
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Common names from other countries

Sardinelle queue noire, Sardinela rabo negro, سردينة سوداء الذَّيل, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; anfidromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188).   Tropical; 31°N - 27°S, 32°E - 168°W (Ref. 188)

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden south to Madagascar and Mauritius and east to the Arabian Sea and northwestern India (apparently not found south of Bombay nor in northern Bay of Bengal); then from Indonesia (but not in South China Sea) to Samoa. Reported from the Penghu Islands (Ref. 55073).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.3 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3605); common length : 10.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 188)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 13-21; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 12 - 23. Body depth usually not much more than 30% of standard length; scutes 27 to 31. The jet black caudal tips distinguish S. melanura from all other species of Sardinella except S. atricauda (scutes 32 to 35), S. hualiensis (dark spot at dorsal fin origin, scales fimbriated and with small perforations) and S. fijiense (gill rakers 87 to 134).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Form schools in coastal waters (Ref. 188, 75154). Regarded a robust and very good bait in the tuna fishery.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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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)

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