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. It is an important food fish, which can be feed as dried, salted, or fresh forms.

White sardinella
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Dorosomatidae
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.

See also

• List of common commercial fish of Sri Lanka

References

• IUCN Red List
• WoRMS
• Prevalence of Nerocila depressa (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) on Sardinella albella from a Thai estuary