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Sardinella aurita

Elongated Dorosomatid Fish from the Mediterranean Sea

Yellow
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

The round sardinella (Sardinella aurita), sometimes known as Spanish sardine, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella found in both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. S. aurita went through a large boom in catch population around 1990. However, its numbers have been very stable through the last several years.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Sardinella
Maximum length: 41 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: West African coast (Ref. 2849 , 3509 , 5286 , 121197 ) from Gibraltar southward to Saldanha Bay in South Africa (Ref. 188 , 81269 , 81631 ), especially in the three West African upwelling areas, from Mauritania to Guinea, from Côte d'Ivoire to Ghana and from Gabon to Angola (Ref. 121197 ); also in Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 188 , 6683 , 81631 ) and Black Sea (Ref. 188 , 6683 ). In western Atlantic Ocean from Cape Cod in USA to Argentina (Ref. 188 , 5286 ), including Bahamas, Antilles, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean coast (Ref. 26938 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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