Bali sardinella (Sardinella lemuru)

Scientific name: Sardinella lemuru Bleeker, 1853

Bali sardinella (Sardinella lemuru)

The Bali sardinella (Sardinella lemuru) is a marine fish of the family Clupeidae.

Biology

Forms large schools in coastal waters, particularly in the Bali Strait upwelling. Found in sheltered bays and lagoons. Feeds on phytoplankton and zooplankton, chiefly copepods. Time series analysis suggests that recruitment fluctuations are related to ENSO events, as defined in and 9580.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sardinella lemuru
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
23.0
Common length
20.0
Depth range
15–100 m (49–328 ft)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous; depth range 15 - 100 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: Phuket, Thailand; southern coasts of East Java and Bali; and Western Australia. Western Pacific: Java Sea, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan Island, southern Japan. Can not be distinguished as yet on morphological grounds from Sardinella aurita which occurs in the Atlantic Ocean.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: highly commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.8-1.3; tmax=4.5)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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