Taiwan Fish Database

Scientific Name

Sardinella jussieu

by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS

Author

(Lacepède, 1803)

Depth

0 - 50M

Chinese

裘氏小沙丁魚

Poisonous Fish

Family_Chinese

鯡科

Economic Fish

Yes

Family

F097　Clupeidae

Edible Fish

Yes

Chinese In Mainland China

裘氏小沙丁魚

Max Length

12 cm

Aquarium Fish

Common Name

逑氏小沙丁、青鱗仔、鰮仔、沙丁魚、扁仔、扁鰮

Distribution in World

India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean

Distribution in Taiwan

South

Habitats

Ocean、Coastal

Holotype Locality

Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean

Synonyms

Clupanodon jussieu, Clupeonia jussieui, Harengula jussieu, Sardinella dayi, Sardinella jussieu, Sardinella jussieui, Sardinella jussieui, Sardinella jussieus

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

Specimen List

NTUM01859. ...List all 42 records...

Barcode

2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%

2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%

Common Name

Mauritian sardinella

Redlist Status

Not in IUCN Redlist

Characteristic

Body moderately slender, depth usually 28 to 37% of standard length; abdomen with sharply-keeled prepelvic and postpelvic scutes ; total scutes 31 or 32. Vertical striae on scales not meeting at center. Lower gill rakers 88 to 126. Pelvic fins with i unbranched and 7 branched soft rays. Body dorsum blue-green, flanks silvery; no dark spot at dorsal-fin origin.

habitats

Forms schools in coastal waters.

Distribution

Distributed in Western Indian Ocean from western coasts of southern India, from Bombay south to Sri Lanka; also to Madagascar and Mauritius, and Northwest Pacific in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Viet Nam. It very rare and only found in southern Taiwanese waters

Utility

Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, as bait, or made into fish meals.