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Common names: Awol-awol, Blacktip sardinella, Kasig
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ganaden, S.R. and F. Lavapie-Gonzales, 1999
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens) > Dorosomatinae
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Common names from other countries

黑尾小沙丁鱼, سردينة سوداء الذَّيل, Sardinelle queue noire, ... more

Main reference

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. (Ref. 188)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 20.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3605); common length : 10.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188)

Environment

Marine; pelagic-neritic; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?; 26°N - 23°S, 37°E - 179°W (Ref. 188)

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden south to Madagascar and Mauritius and east to the Arabian Sea and northwestern India (apparently not found south of Bombay nor in northern Bay of Bengal); then from Indonesia (but not in South China Sea) to Samoa. Reported from the Penghu Islands (Ref. 55073).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 23. Body depth usually not much more than 30% of standard length; scutes 27 to 31. The jet black caudal tips distinguish S. melanura from all other species of Sardinella except S. atricauda (scutes 32 to 35), S. hualiensis (dark spot at dorsal fin origin, scales fimbriated and with small perforations) and S. fijiense (gill rakers 87 to 134).

Form schools in coastal waters (Ref. 188, 75154). Regarded a robust and very good bait in the tuna fishery.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; bait: usually

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
2.8 ±0.3 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=4; k >0.7)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (21 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829)