Blacktip sardinella
Sardinella melanura
- Usual depth1–18 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, June, and July
- How commonRare
About this species
Sardinella melanura is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Sardinella melanura”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–18 m · Deepest record: 30 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blacktip sardinella, blacktip sardinella
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- sardinela rabo negro
- French
- Sardine à queue noire, Sardinelle à queue noire, Sardinelle queue noire
- Japanese
- Oguroiwashi, オグロイワシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 扁仔, 扁鰮, 沙丁魚, 青鱗仔, 鰮仔, 黑尾小沙丁, 黑尾小沙丁魚, 黑尾鰮
Other scientific names: Clupea commersonii, Clupea melanura, Clupea otaitensis, Clupeonia commersoni, Clupeonia commersonii, Clupeonia vittata, Harengula melanura, Harengula vanicoris, Harengula vittata, Herklotsichthys vittatus, Sardinella melaneura, Sardinella nigricaudata
Similar species
- Goldstripe sardinella
Sardinella gibbosa
- White sardinella
Sardinella albella
- Anchovy
Sardinella aurita
- Fringescale sardinella
Sardinella fimbriata
- Mauritian sardinella
Sardinella jussieu
- Indian oil sardine
Sardinella longiceps
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).
- 231 open-data records from 1829 to 2023.
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