Bali sardinella

Sardinella lemuru

Dorosomatid Fish of Taiwanese Waters

Yellow
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Sardinella lemuru (Bali sardinella) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella found in the Eastern Indian Ocean and in the Western Pacific Ocean, in the area that stretches from southern Japan through the Malay Archipelago to the western Australia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Sardinella
Maximum length: 23 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Phuket, Thailand; southern coasts of East Java and Bali; and Western Australia. Western Pacific: Java Sea, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan Island, southern Japan. Can not be distinguished as yet on morphological grounds from Sardinella aurita which occurs in the Atlantic Ocean.
Conservation status: NTNear Threatened

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