Common names:
Tamban
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
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Importance:
highly commercial
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Utilized as a food fish. Larval stages of this species are included in the 'dulong' catches from study areas in Tingloy and San Juan in Batangas (Ref. 107093).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
National Database:
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). More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology