Sardinella richardsoni

Sardinella richardsoni (Richardson's sardinella) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella from the South China Sea in the northwest Pacific.[1]

Richardson's sardinella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Sardinella
Species:
S. richardsoni
Binomial name
Sardinella richardsoni

Size

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This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[2]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Scottish surgeon-naturalist John Richardson (1787–1865).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sardinella richardsoni". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family DOROSOMATIDAE Bleeker 1872 (Gizzard Shads and Sardinellas)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 April 2023.