White sardinella
Sardinella albella
- Usual depth1–27 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Totti, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
The white sardinella, also known as deep-bodied sardine, perforated-scale sardine or short-bodied sardine, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella. It is an important food fish, which can be feed as dried, salted, or fresh forms.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 75 records
- May: 11 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 12 records
- October: 15 records
- November: 11 records
- December: 14 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–27 m · Deepest record: 37 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Totti, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Totti, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Ffish.asia, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- White sardinella, Deep-bodied sardine or Short-bodied sardine, Perforated-scale Sardine, Sardine, Short-bodied Sardine, white sardinella, White Sardinelle
Names in 5 more languages
- Spanish
- sardinela blanca
- French
- sardinella blanche, Sardinelle blanche
- Japanese
- Ginrinsappa, ギンリンサッパ
- Thai
- ปลากุแลแบน, ปลาหลังเขียวเกล็ดขาว
- Simplified Chinese
- 扁仔, 扁鰮, 沙丁魚, 白小沙丁魚, 白腹小沙丁, 白腹小沙丁魚, 青鱗仔, 鰮仔
Other scientific names: Clupalosa bulan, Clupea bulan, Clupea perforata, Clupea perforate, Clupea sundaica, Clupeonia perforata, Harengula bulan, Harengula dollfusi, Harengula perforata, Kowala albella, Kowala lauta, Sardinella bulan, Sardinella perforata, Spratella kowala
Similar species
Goldstripe sardinellaSardinella gibbosa
AnchovySardinella aurita
Indian oil sardineSardinella longiceps
- Fringescale sardinella
Sardinella fimbriata
- Mauritian sardinella
Sardinella jussieu
- Blacktip sardinella
Sardinella melanura
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,822 open-data records from 1847 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 30, 2026.
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