Sardinella albella, FRLM 30694, 10.6 cm SL
Sardinella albella (Valenciennes, 1847)
White sardinella
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D 17 - 19; A 18 - 19; P1 14 - 15; P2 8; LGR 41 - 68. Body somewhat compressed, but variable from slender to moderately deep (body depth 25 to 40 % of standard length); abdomen keeled with prepelvic and postpelvic scutes (total number of scutes 29 to 33); 2nd supramaxilla symmetrical and paddle-shaped; opercle smooth without radiating bony striae; posterior border of gill opening with 2 fleshy outgrowths; anal fin short with 2 posteriormost rays enlarged. Scales cycloid; vertical striae discontinuous, not meeting at center; posterior part with a few perforations and somewhat produced posteriorly; longitudinal scale rows about 40. Color: blue-green dorsally, silvery ventrally; a dark spot at dorsal fin origin; tips of dorsal and caudal fins blackish. Size: commonly to 10 cm, maximum 14 cm in standard length. Distribution: widely distributed in Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea and East African coasts to Papua New Guinea and northern Australia. Remarks: found in reef-associated coastal waters. Locally important food fish caught with purse seines, lift nets, and set nets.
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