Fringescale sardinella (Sardinella fimbriata)

Scientific name: Sardinella fimbriata Valenciennes, 1847

Fringescale sardinella (Sardinella fimbriata)

The Fringescale sardinella (Sardinella fimbriata) is a brackish-water fish of the family Clupeidae.

Biology

Forms schools in coastal waters. Misidentifications (especially with S. gibbosa in Indian waters and S. albella in the western Indian Ocean) make published biological data potentially unreliable. Marketed fresh, dried-salted, boiled or made into fish balls.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sardinella fimbriata
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
13.0
Common length
11.0
Depth range
0–50 m (0–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: southern India and Bay of Bengal to the Philippines, also eastern tip of Papua New Guinea. Often confused with Sardinella gibbosa in Indian waters.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.7-1.6; tmax=3)

Sources

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

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