Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella

Amblygaster clupeoides

Its rounded flank carries not a single spot

White
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Amblygaster clupeoides, the Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella, blue pilchard, sharp-nosed pilchard, or sharpnose sardine, is a reef-associated marine species of sardinellas in the herring family Clupeidae. It is one of the three species of genus Amblygaster.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Amblygaster
Maximum length: 27.6 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: southern coasts of India, perhaps Bay of Bengal, and Indonesia eastward to Fiji. Reported from New Caledonia (Ref. 9070 ) and Tonga (Ref. 53797 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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