Dorosomatidae

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.