Escualosa thoracata

White sardine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Escualosa
Species: E. thoracata
Binomial name
Escualosa thoracata
(Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Kowala thoracata Valenciennes, 1847
  • Esculaosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Clupea coval Cuvier, 1829
  • Kowala coval (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Meletta lile Valenciennes, 1847
  • Clupeoides lile (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Clupoides lile (Valenciennes, 1847)
  • Rogenia argyrotaenia Bleeker, 1852
  • Clupea argyrotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Rogenia argijrotaenia Bleeker, 1852
  • Clupea macrolepis Steindachner, 1879
  • Alausa champil (non Gray, 1834)
  • Clupea huae (non Tirant, 1883)[1]

The White sardine (Escualosa thoracata), also known as Deep herring, Deep-bodied herring, Northern herring, and White herring, is a species of amphidromous sardine (family Clupeidae) in the genus Escualosa.[2] It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847. It is a tropical fish that can be found in Indo-West Pacific oceans from northern Indian Ocean to Thailand, Indonesia towards more east of Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.[2]

The sardines are known to swim at a maximum depth of 50 metres. The largest known standard length for the species is 10 cm.[2] It is distinguished from its sister species, Escualosa elongata (the Slender white sardine) by having a more deeper body and much broad silver band. The latter having more slender body, earning it its common name, and also by a silver band on its flank. White sardine feeds mainly on zooplankton and phytoplankton. Commercially important fish, where it is used both as fresh and dried forms.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Synonyms of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847)". fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Escualosa thoracata at www.fishbase.org.

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