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Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Sardinella: Latin and Greek, sarda = sardine; name related to the island of Sardinia; diminutive (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino pelagic-neritic; amfidromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188). Tropical; 37°N - 27°S, 33°E - 149°W
Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden south to Inhaca Island, Mozambique and Madagascar and east to the Arabian Sea and northwestern India (apparently not found south of Bombay nor in northern Bay of Bengal), north to Ibaraki Prefecture Japan; then from Indonesia (but not in South China Sea) to Tahiti.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.3 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3605); common length : 10.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 188)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 13 - 21; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 12 - 23. Body depth usually not much more than 30% of standard length; scutes 27 to 31. The jet black caudal tips distinguish S. melanura from all other species of Sardinella except S. atricauda (scutes 32 to 35), S. hualiensis (dark spot at dorsal fin origin, scales fimbriated and with small perforations) and S. fijiense (gill rakers 87 to 134).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Form schools in coastal waters (Ref. 188, 75154). Regarded a robust and very good bait in the tuna fishery.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; esca: usually
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 25.2 - 29.1, mean 28.2 °C (based on 1254 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00713 - 0.01016), b=3.05 (3.02 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Generation time: 1.6 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (tmax=4; k >0.7).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
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Nutrienti (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 252 [133, 380] mg/100g; Iron = 1.82 [1.07, 3.32] mg/100g; Protein = 20.5 [19.6, 21.5] %; Omega3 = 0.293 [0.141, 0.586] g/100g; Selenium = 85.8 [44.9, 169.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 32 [10, 96] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.17 [0.84, 1.62] mg/100g (wet weight);
