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<i>Sardinella albella</i>

Sardinella albella

Species of fish

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

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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

References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Sardinella albella" in FishBase. August 2014 version.

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