Somalia country information

Common names: Aarijoog
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from coastal waters of Somalia (Ref. 30573). Also Ref. 188.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers, 1996
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Common names from other countries

Sardinelle dorée, Sardinela dorada, Cá Trích xương, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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); gibbosa: Named for the country of its type locality: Taiwan..
More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 10 - 70 m (Ref. 12260). Tropical; 41°N - 37°S, 19°E - 155°E

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Indo-West Pacific: widespread including the Red Sea, and reported as an invasive species in the eastern Mediterranean basin.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 13.3, range 10 - ? cm
Max length : 29.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116943); common length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188); max. reported age: 7 years (Ref. 1488)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 23. Total number scutes 32 to 34. Vertical striae on scales not meeting at center, numerous small perforations on hind part of scale. A golden mid-lateral line down flank; dorsal and caudal fin margins dusky; a dark spot at dorsal fin origin. Lower gill rakers 45 to 59 (at 6 to 17 cm standard length, not increasing with size of fish after 6 cm standard length).

Forms schools in coastal waters. Adults feed on phytoplankton and zooplankton (crustacean and molluscan larvae) (Ref. 5213, 5284). Juveniles predominantly prefer crustaceans expanding to include phytoplankton in the diet as their length increases (Ref. 34224). Marketed fresh, dried-salted, boiled or made into fish balls. Possible or even probable confusion with other species (especially S. fimbriata in Indian waters) makes published biological data potentially unreliable.

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Stern, N., B. Rinkevich and M. Goren, 2016. Integrative approach revises the frequently misidentified species of Sardinella (Clupeidae) of the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. J. Fish Biol. 89(5):2282-2305. (Ref. 114969)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 February 2017

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.6 - 29.1, mean 28.1 (based on 1384 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00695 - 0.01043), b=3.03 (3.00 - 3.06), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.9 ±0.30 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.32-1.8; tmax=7).

Prior r = 1.07, 95% CL = 0.71 - 1.60, Based on 4 data-limited stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849)