1513 Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829) Dorosomatidae Gizzard shads and sardinellas Clupeiformes Teleostei Blacktip sardinella 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. FB 2740710 Clupeonia vittata ISH 215-1963 Harengula vittata FW OO561-T 1976 Sardinella melanura FW OO217-T 1979 Sardinella melanura FISH 387695 19 N 85 E 1995 Sardinella melanura