Goldstripe sardinella (Sardinella gibbosa)

Scientific name: Sardinella gibbosa Bleeker, 1849

Goldstripe sardinella (Sardinella gibbosa)

The Goldstripe sardinella (Sardinella gibbosa) is a marine fish of the family Clupeidae.

Biology

Forms schools in coastal waters. Feeds on phytoplankton and zooplankton (crustacean and molluscan larvae). The diet is predominantly crustacean in the early stages and seems to change to a diet of crustaceans and phytoplankton with increase in length. Marketed fresh, dried-salted, boiled or made into fish balls. Possible or even probable confusion with other species (especially S. fimbriata in Indian waters) makes published biological data potentially unreliable.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sardinella gibbosa
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
17.0
Common length
15.0
Depth range
10–70 m (33–230 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 70 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, East Africa and Madagascar to Indonesia, north to Taiwan and Korea south to the Arafura Sea and northern Australia. Often confused with Sardinella fimbriata in Indian waters.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: highly commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.32-1.8; tmax=7)

Sources

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

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