blacktip sardinella

Sardinella melanura

Dorosomatid Fish from Indo West Pacific

Sardinella melanura (blacktip sardinella) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Sardinella
Maximum length: 20.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: 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.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

Report a correction