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Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847

Indian oil sardine
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India country information

Common names: Baige, Boothai, Buthai
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in coastal waters between Quilon in Kerala and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra (Ref. 45255). Produces more than two-thirds of the total world catch, mainly from the south-west coast (Ref. 9987). Found in Godavari estuary (Ref. 51036). Largest caught specimen from off Malpe 27.2 in TL (22.5 SL; 24.0 FL) and 159 g; (Ref. 111606). Also Ref. 188.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sardinelle indienne, Sardinela aceitera, Sardinelle indienne, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Sardinella: Latin and Greek, sarda = sardine; name related to the island of Sardinia; diminutive (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 20 - 200 m (Ref. 28016).   Tropical; 25°N - 7°N, 57°E - 81°E (Ref. 54872)

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