Spotted sardinella (Amblygaster sirm)

Scientific name: Amblygaster sirm Walbaum, 1792

Spotted sardinella (Amblygaster sirm)

The Spotted sardinella (Amblygaster sirm) is a marine fish of the family Clupeidae.

Biology

Pelagic. A schooling species occurring in coastal waters and lagoons. In Panggang Island, Indonesia it was recorded in temperatures of 28.5-29.8?C and salinities of 31.6-32.3 ppt. Feeds mainly on copepods, nauplii and zoea larvae, larval bivalves and gastropods, as well as Peridinium and Ceratium. Used as bait in the tuna fishery.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Amblygaster sirm
Family
Clupeidae (Herrings, shads and sardines)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
27.0
Common length
20.0
Depth range
10–75 m (33–246 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 75 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Mozambique to the Philippines, north to Taiwan and Okinawa (Japan), south to New Guinea, the Arafura Sea, northern Australia, and Fiji.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; bait: usually
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.37-3.74; tm=1; tmax=8; Fec > 10,000)

Sources

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

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