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Family: Dorosomatidae Gizzard shads and sardinellas



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella Indo-West Pacific 27.6 TL 1849
Amblygaster indiana Western Indian Ocean 2.9 SL 2017
Amblygaster leiogaster Smoothbelly sardinella Indo-West Pacific 23 SL 1847
Amblygaster sirm Spotted sardinella Indo-West Pacific 27 SL 1792
Anodontostoma chacunda Chacunda gizzard shad Indo-West Pacific 22 SL 1822
Anodontostoma selangkat Indonesian gizzard shad Indo-Pacific 18 SL 1852
Anodontostoma thailandiae Thai gizzard shad Indo-Pacific 18 SL 1983
Clupanodon thrissa Chinese gizzard shad Northwest Pacific 26 SL 1758
Congothrissa gossei Smoothbelly pellonuline Africa 3.5 SL 1964
Dorosoma anale Mexican river gizzard shad North America 23.6 SL 1904
Dorosoma cepedianum American gizzard shad Northwest Atlantic 57 FL 1818
Dorosoma chavesi Nicaragua gizzard shad Central America 18 SL 1907
Dorosoma petenense Threadfin shad North and Central America 33 TL 1867
Dorosoma smithi Pacific gizzard shad North America 14 SL 1941
Escualosa elongata Slender white sardine Western Pacific 6.7 SL 1983
Escualosa thoracata White sardine Indo-West Pacific 10 SL 1847
Ethmalosa fimbriata Bonga shad Atlantic Ocean 46 TL 1825
Gonialosa manmina Ganges river gizzard shad Asia 14.9 TL 1822
Gonialosa modesta Burmese river gizzard shad Asia 10 SL 1870
Gonialosa whiteheadi Southern Burmese river gizzard shad Asia 6.8 SL 1983
Gudusia chapra Indian river shad Asia 20 TL 1822
Gudusia variegata Burmese river shad Asia 16 SL 1870
Harengula clupeola False herring Western Atlantic 22.5 TL 1829
Harengula humeralis Redear herring Western Atlantic 22 TL 1829
Harengula jaguana Scaled herring Western Atlantic 21.2 TL 1865
Harengula thrissina Pacific flatiron herring Eastern Pacific 18.4 TL 1882
Herklotsichthys blackburni Blackburn's herring Eastern Indian Ocean 10.5 SL 1948
Herklotsichthys castelnaui Castelnau's herring Southwest Pacific 20 SL 1897
Herklotsichthys collettei Collette's herring Eastern Indian Ocean 13 SL 1987
Herklotsichthys dispilonotus Blacksaddle herring Western Central Pacific 8.5 SL 1852
Herklotsichthys gotoi Goto's herring Western Central Pacific 9 SL 1983
Herklotsichthys koningsbergeri Koningsberger's herring Eastern Indian Ocean 13 SL 1912
Herklotsichthys lippa Australian spotted herring Indo-Pacific 16 SL 1931
Herklotsichthys lossei Gulf herring Western Indian Ocean 8 SL 1983
Herklotsichthys ovalis Western Pacific 10 NG 1830
Herklotsichthys punctatus Spotback herring Western Indian Ocean 11.7 TL 1837
Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus Bluestripe herring Indo-Pacific 25 SL 1837
Herklotsichthys spilura Reunion herring Western Indian Ocean 8.5 SL 1863
Hilsa kelee Kelee shad Indo-West Pacific 35 TL 1829
Konosirus punctatus Dotted gizzard shad Indo-West Pacific 32 TL 1846
Laeviscutella dekimpei Roundbelly pellonuline Africa 4.6 SL 1965
Lile gracilis Graceful piquitinga Eastern Central Pacific 10.1 SL 1990
Lile nigrofasciata Blackstripe herring Eastern Central Pacific 9.1 SL 2002
Lile piquitinga Atlantic piquitinga Western Atlantic 15 SL 1903
Lile stolifera Striped herring Eastern Pacific 15.9 TL 1882
Limnothrissa miodon Lake Tanganyika sardine Africa 17 SL 1906
Microthrissa congica Bigscale pellonuline Africa 7 SL 1917
Microthrissa minuta Dungu sprat Africa 4.3 SL 1974
Microthrissa moeruensis Lake Mweru sprat Africa 4.1 SL 1948
Microthrissa royauxi Royal sprat Africa 9.9 TL 1902
Microthrissa whiteheadi Africa 5.7 SL 1988
Nannothrissa parva Lake Tumba dwarf sprat Africa 4.2 SL 1917
Nannothrissa stewarti Mai-ndombe dwarf sprat Africa 2.3 SL 1976
Nematalosa arabica Arabian gizzard shad Western Indian Ocean 16.5 SL 1917
Nematalosa come Western Pacific gizzard shad Western Pacific 21 SL 1846
Nematalosa erebi Australian river gizzard shad Oceania and Asia 48 SL 1868
Nematalosa flyensis Fly river gizzard shad Oceania 22.2 SL 1983
Nematalosa galatheae Galathea gizzard shad Indo-West Pacific 16.3 SL 1973
Nematalosa japonica Japanese gizzard shad Western Pacific 19 SL 1917
Nematalosa nasus Bloch's gizzard shad Indo-West Pacific 27.2 TL 1795
Nematalosa papuensis Strickland river gizzard shad Oceania 21 SL 1964
Nematalosa persara Persara gizzard shad Western Indian Ocean 15.2 SL 1995
Nematalosa resticularia Gulf gizzard shad Western Indian Ocean 17 TL 1995
Nematalosa vlaminghi Perth herring Eastern Indian Ocean 36 SL 1956
Odaxothrissa ansorgii Ansorge's fangtooth pellonuline Africa 13 SL 1910
Odaxothrissa losera Losera fangtooth pellonuline Africa 14.4 SL 1899
Odaxothrissa mento Nigerian fangtooth pellonuline Africa 14 SL 1917
Opisthonema berlangai Galapagos thread herring Southeast Pacific 26 SL 1963
Opisthonema bulleri Slender thread herring Eastern Pacific 20 TL 1904
Opisthonema libertate Pacific thread herring Eastern Pacific 30 TL 1867
Opisthonema medirastre Middling thread herring Eastern Pacific 30 TL 1963
Opisthonema oglinum Atlantic thread herring Western Atlantic 38 TL 1818
Pellonula leonensis Smalltoothed pellonula Africa 12.1 TL 1916
Pellonula vorax Bigtoothed pellonula Africa 12 SL 1868
Platanichthys platana River Plate sprat South America 18.5 SL 1917
Potamothrissa acutirostris Sharpnosed sawtooth pellonuline Africa 7 SL 1899
Potamothrissa obtusirostris Bluntnosed sawtooth pellonuline Africa 6 SL 1909
Potamothrissa whiteheadi Whitehead's sawtooth pellonuline Africa 4.7 SL 1974
Rhinosardinia amazonica Amazon spinejaw sprat South America 11 TL 1879
Rhinosardinia bahiensis Bahia sprat South America 8 SL 1879
Sardinella albella White sardinella Indo-West Pacific 15 TL 1847
Sardinella alcyone Blueback Sardinella Northwest Pacific 11.0 SL 2019
Sardinella atricauda Bleeker's blacktip sardinella Western Pacific 12.6 SL 1868
Sardinella aurita Round sardinella Atlantic Ocean 41 TL 1847
Sardinella brachysoma Deepbody sardinella Indo-West Pacific 13 SL 1852
Sardinella brasiliensis Brazilian sardinella Western Atlantic 27 TL 1879
Sardinella dayi Day's sardinella Indian Ocean 10.1 SL 1917
Sardinella electra Island Sardinella Northwest Pacific 11.0 SL 2019
Sardinella fijiensis Fiji sardinella Western Pacific 11.5 SL 1923
Sardinella fimbriata Fringescale sardinella Indo-West Pacific 19 TL 1847
Sardinella gibbosa Goldstripe sardinella Indo-West Pacific 29.6 TL 1849
Sardinella goni Gon’s sardinella Western Pacific 14.4 SL 2016
Sardinella hualiensis Taiwan sardinella Western Pacific 12.5 SL 1958
Sardinella jussieui Mauritian sardinella Western Indian Ocean 16.5 SL 1847
Sardinella lemuru Bali sardinella Eastern Indian Ocean 23 SL 1853
Sardinella longiceps Indian oil sardine Indian Ocean 23 SL 1847
Sardinella maderensis Madeiran sardinella Atlantic Ocean 30 SL 1838
Sardinella marquesensis Marquesan sardinella Eastern Pacific 16 SL 1968
Sardinella melanura Blacktip sardinella Indo-West Pacific 20.3 SL 1829
Sardinella neglecta East African sardinella Western Indian Ocean 13 SL 1983
Sardinella pacifica Western Pacific 10.5 SL 2019
Sardinella richardsoni Richardson's sardinella Northwest Pacific 12 SL 1983
Sardinella rouxi Yellowtail sardinella Atlantic Ocean 16 SL 1953
Sardinella sindensis Sind sardinella Western Indian Ocean 17 SL 1878
Sardinella tawilis Freshwater sardinella Asia 15.2 TL 1927
Sardinella ventura Fortune Sardinella Western Indian Ocean 10.3 SL 2021
Sardinella zunasi Japanese sardinella Western Pacific 18 TL 1854
Sierrathrissa leonensis West African pygmy herring Africa 3 SL 1969
Stolothrissa tanganicae Lake Tanganyika sprat Africa 10 SL 1917
Tenualosa ilisha Hilsa shad Indian Ocean 60 SL 1822
Tenualosa macrura Longtail shad Western Central Pacific 52 SL 1852
Tenualosa reevesii Reeves shad Northwest Pacific 61.6 TL 1846
Tenualosa thibaudeaui Laotian shad Asia 30 SL 1940
Tenualosa toli Toli shad Indo-West Pacific 60 TL 1847
Thrattidion noctivagus Sanaga pygmy herring Africa 2.1 SL 1972



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