Scientific Name	Sardinella albella   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1847)	Depth	0 - 50M
Chinese	白腹小沙丁魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯡科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F097　Clupeidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	白腹小沙丁魚
Max Length	14 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	白腹小沙丁、青鱗仔、鰮仔、沙丁魚、扁仔、扁鰮
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、PonFu
Habitats	Ocean、Estuary、Coastal、Lagoon、 Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Pondicherry, India
Synonyms	Clupalosa bulan, Clupea bulan, Clupea hypelosoma, Clupea perforata, Clupea perforate, Clupea sundaica, Clupeonia perforata, Harengula bulan, Harengula dollfusi, Harengula perforata, Kowala albella, Kowala lauta, Sardinella bulan ...all 17..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-鱘形目；海鰱目；鯡形目及鼠鱚目(張, 2001)  Whitehead, P. J. P. 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Hiroyuki Motomura, Seishi Kimura etc. 2001 張世義 編著 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0070534. ASIZP0074902. BMNH1979.3.21.333. NMMBP04047. NMMBP04464. NMMBP04566. NMMBP04669. NMMBP04694. NMMBP05125. NMMBP05126. NTMP0235. NTMP1437. NTUM00137. NTUM02037. SU49343.
Common Name	Short-bodied sardine; Sardine; Perforated-scale sardine; White sardinella; White sardinelle
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body somewhat compressed but variable, from slender to moderately deep; total number of scutes 29 to 33. Two supramaxillae present; second symmetrical, paddle-shaped. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch 41 to 68. Vertical striae on scales not meeting at center, hind part of scales with a few perforations and somewhat produced posteriorly. Lateral-line scales usually 41 to 43. Predorsal scales paired. Dorsum and head blue-green above shading to silvery white below; flanks silvery; no spots on body; a dark spot at dorsal fin origin, otherwise fins pale yellow..
habitats	Found in coastal waters. Forms schools. Feeds on zooplankton and phytoplankton.
Distribution	Distributed in Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea, Persian Gulf, East African coasts, Madagascar eastward to Indonesia and the Arafura Sea; north to Taiwan and south to Papua New Guinea. It found in western and southern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Is..
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, and made into fish balls.