shortbody sardine

Sardinella maderensis

Dorosomatid Fish beneath the Mediterranean Sea

shortbody sardine is a fish of Atlantic Ocean. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Sardinella
Maximum length: 30 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: southern and eastern parts of Mediterranean Sea, also penetrating the Suez Canal (Ref. 188 , 50345 ), and eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Gibraltar southward to Angola and a single recorded specimen from Walvis Bay in Namibia (Ref. 188 , 5286 , 81269 , 81631 , 86940 ).
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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