Djibouti country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/dj.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 miyako, Sardinela sinda, سردينة مِياكو, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | 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 Écologie

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

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

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

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 188); common length : 14.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 188)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 13 - 21; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 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.

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Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 July 2017

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)