Slender white sardine (Escualosa elongata)

Scientific name: Escualosa elongata Wongratana, 1983

Slender white sardine (Escualosa elongata)

The Slender white sardine (Escualosa elongata) is a marine fish of the family Clupeidae. Native range: Western Pacific, known only from 2 specimens from the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand (but discovered at the Sunday Market in Bangkok).

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 18. Belly strongly keeled. Separated from similar fishes in the area by the characters given under E. thoracata, from which it differs by its more slender body and narrow silver stripe along the flank (about half eye diameter).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Escualosa elongata
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
6.7
Depth range
0–50 m (0–164 ft)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: known only from 2 specimens from the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand (but discovered at the Sunday Market in Bangkok).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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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