Amblygaster clupeoides
Appearance
(Redirected from Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella)
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Clupeidae |
Genus: | Amblygaster |
Species: | A. clupeoides
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Binomial name | |
Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849
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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.
Distribution
[edit]It is found in the marine waters along Indo-West Pacific regions.
Description
[edit]The fish has 13 to 21 dorsal soft rays and 12 to 23 anal soft rays. It grows up to a maximum length of 21 cm. The flank is gold in fresh fish but becomes black while preservation. Belly is more rounded and scutes are not prominent.
Diet
[edit]The fish feeds on minute organisms like copepods, Mysis and zooplankton. Widely used as bait in the tuna fishery all along the world, both as a live or dead forms.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]Data related to Amblygaster clupeoides at Wikispecies