Spotted Sardine, Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum 1792)
Other Names: Northern Pilchard, Spotted Sardinella
A Spotted Sardine, Amblygaster sirm, from the Philippines. Source: Rodolfho B. Reyes / FishBase. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A schooling species with a series of 10-20 golden to brown spots along the side.
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Dianne J. Bray, Amblygaster sirm in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2049
Spotted Sardine, Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum 1792)
More Info
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Distribution |
Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Hayman Island Queensland. Occurs elsewhere in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific. A schooling species found in lagoons and coastal waters. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin 13-21; Anal fin 12-23. Scutes not prominent. |
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Feeding |
Feeds mainly on copepods, larval crustacean, bivalves and gastropods. |
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Fisheries |
Used as baitfish in the tuna industry. |
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Similar Species |
Differs from Amblygaster leiogaster in having a series of 10 to 20 gold spots along the side, more lower gill rakers. |
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Species Citation |
Clupea herangus sirm Walbaum 1792, Petri Artedi renovati. Part 3: 38. Type locality: Red Sea. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
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Resources |
Spotted Sardine, Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum 1792)
References
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Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp.
Karunasinghe, W.P.N. & M.J.S. Wijeyaratne 1991. Population dynamics of trenched sardine Amblygaster sirm (Clupeidae) in the western coastal waters of Sri Lanka. Asian Fish. Sci. 4(3): 329-334.
Milton, D.A., SJ.M. Blaber N.J.F. Rawlinson. 1994. Reproductive biology and egg production of three species of Clupeidae from Kiribati, tropical central Pacific. Fish. Bull. 92(1): 102-121.
Munroe, T.A., Wongratana, T. & Nizinski, M.S. 1999. Family Clupeidae. pp. 1775-1821 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.
Russell, B.C. & W. Houston. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle 6(1): 69-84.
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1985. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls.
Walbaum, J.J. 1792. Petri Artedi renovati. Part 3. Petri Artedi sueci genera Piscium in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae. Grypeswaldiae 723 pp. 3 pls.
Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303
Whitley, G.P. 1937. Further ichthyological miscellanea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11(2): 113-148 figs 11-13 (as a new spsecies, Sardinops dakini)
