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.

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See also

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


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