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White sardine (Escualosa thoracata)
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White sardine (Escualosa thoracata) specimen
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Dorosomatidae

White sardine

Escualosa thoracata

Fish Reaching Ten Centimeters in Philippine Waters

  • White
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

White sardine is known around Indo-West Pacific as a fish; It occurs in estuaries and brackish water, and records give a maximum length of 10 cm.

Maximum length
10 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: northern Indian Ocean (Karachi eastward to Rangoon) to Thailand, Indonesia (Java Sea), the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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