Amblygaster clupeoides, the bleeker smoothbelly sardinella, 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.

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

Distribution

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It is found in the marine waters along Indo-West Pacific regions.

Description

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The fish has 13 to 21 dorsal soft rays and 12 to 23 anal soft rays. It grows up to a maximum length of 21 cm. The flank is gold in fresh fish but becomes black while preservation. Belly is more rounded and scutes are not prominent.

Diet

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Synonyms of Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849".
  2. ^ "Amblygaster clupeoides, Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella : Fisheries, bait".
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