Species FAO code: EST

Escualosa thoracata

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Weiße Sardine	–
Germany	de Weiße Sardine	–
Italy	it Sardina indopacifica	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847)

Habitat

Saltwater
Freshwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847)

Scientific name

Escualosa thoracata

Author

(Valenciennes, 1847)

Rank

Species

FAO code

EST

Morphological description

Belly strongly keeled. The almost rectangular second supra-maxilla and the bright silver stripe along the flank distinguish it from juveniles of Sardinella, Amblygaster and Herklotsichthys. Resembles some pellonulines with a silver stripe, but they lack a first supra-maxilla. Distinguished from E. elongata of the Gulf of Thailand but its deeper body and broader silver stripe.

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderClupeiformes
  - FamilyClupeidae
    - GenusEscualosa
      - SpeciesEscualosa thoracata

Synonyms

Clupeoides lile (Valenciennes, 1847)
Esculaosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847)
Meletta lile Valenciennes, 1847
Rogenia argijrotaenia Bleeker, 1852
Rogenia argyrotaenia Bleeker, 1852
Clupoides lile (Valenciennes, 1847)
Clupea coval Cuvier, 1829
Kowala thoracata Valenciennes, 1847
Kowala coval (Cuvier, 1829)
Clupea macrolepis Steindachner, 1879
Clupea argyrotaenia (Bleeker, 1852)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847)

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Escualosa thoracata

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Gillnets and similar nets

Seines

Surrounding nets and lift nets

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 6 - Oceania - Inland waters

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central