Fiji sardinella (Sardinella fijiense)

Scientific name: Sardinella fijiense Fowler & Bean, 1923

Fiji sardinella (Sardinella fijiense)

The Fiji sardinella (Sardinella fijiense) is a brackish-water fish of the family Clupeidae. Native range: Western Pacific, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Reported from New Caledonia.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 23. Total scutes 29 or 30; lower gill rakers slender, smooth and numerous. No perforations on hind part of scale. Tips of dorsal and caudal fins dusky or black. Immediately distinguished from all other Sardinella species in the area by its high gill raker count, also the overlapping or continuous scale striae and absence of dorsal spot.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sardinella fijiense
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
11.5
Depth range
0–50 m (0–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Reported from New Caledonia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial; bait: usually
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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