Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Reported from Penghu (Ref. 55073), Nanwan (rare), and Shihman and Yehliu (common) (Ref. 43538). Outside distributional range, occurrence needs verification. Also Ref. 47843.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Shao, K.-T., 1997
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Sardinelle miyako, Sardinela sinda, سردينة مِياكو, ... more

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | 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: Day.

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

marien; diepte 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188). Tropical; 30°N - 10°N, 42°E - 74°E (Ref. 188)

Verspreiding Landen | FAO regio's | Ecosystemen | Voorkomen | Point map | Introducties | Faunafri

Western Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea, from Gulf of Aden to the Persian Gulf and Bombay.

Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 188); common length : 14.0 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 188)

Korte beschrijving Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie

Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 0; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 13 - 21; Anale stekels: 0; Anale zachte stralen: 12 - 23. Total number of scutes 31 to 34; lower gill rakers increasing with size of fish. Vertical striae on scales not meeting at center, only a few small perforations on hind part of scale. Closely resembles S. gibbosa which has fewer perforations on its scales. Of other sympatric Sardinella species, S. melanura has distinctive black caudal tips while S. albella has fewer scutes.

Coastal pelagic (Ref. 68964). Forms schools in coastal waters. Marketed fresh and dried-salted.

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturities | Voortplanting | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven

Hoofdreferentie Upload your references | Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

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)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 July 2017

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)