Sardinella

Taxobox
name = "Sardinella"
fossil_range = Middle Eocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2008-01-08 ]

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image_caption = "Sardinella aurita"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Clupeiformes
familia = Clupeidae
genus = "Sardinella"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = Round sardinella
"Sardinella aurita"
"Sardinella tawilis"

Sardinella is a genus of fishes in the family Clupeidae.

Species

** Round sardinella (gilt sardine, Spanish sardine)
** "Sardinella aurita"
** "Sardinella tawilis" - the only known freshwater member of the genus.
** Sardinella longiceps- Indian oil sardine.

See also: Sardine

References