Amblygaster clupeoides

Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Amblygaster
Species: A. clupeoides
Binomial name
Amblygaster clupeoides
Bleeker, 1849
Synonyms
  • Clupea clupeoides (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Sardinella clupeoides (Bleeker, 1849)[1]

The Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella, (Amblygaster clupeoides) also known as 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. It is found in the marine waters along Indo-West Pacific regions. The fish has 13 to 21 dorsal soft rays and 12 to 23 anal soft rays. It grows up to a maximum length of 21cm. The flank is gold in fresh fish but becomes black while preservation. Belly is more rounded and scutes are not prominent. The fish feeds on minute organisms like copepods, Mysis and zooplankton. Widely used as bait in the tuna fishery all along the world, both as a live or dead forms. [2]

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