Escualosa thoracata

Escualosa thoracata
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Dorosomatidae
Genus:	Escualosa
Species:	E. thoracata
Binomial name
	Escualosa thoracata; (Valenciennes, 1847)
Synonyms
	Kowala thoracata Valenciennes, 1847; Esculaosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847); Clupea coval Cuvier, 1829; Kowala coval (Cuvier, 1829); Meletta lile Valenciennes, 1847; Clupeoides lile (Valenciennes, 1847); Clupoides lile (Valenciennes, 1847); Rogenia argyrotaenia Bleeker, 1852 ; Clupea argyrotaenia (Bleeker, 1852); Rogenia argijrotaenia Bleeker, 1852 ; Clupea macrolepis Steindachner, 1879; Alausa champil (non Gray, 1834) ; Clupea huae (non Tirant, 1883);

The white sardine (Escualosa thoracata) is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847. It is a tropical fish of the Indo-Pacific distributed from Thailand to Indonesia and Australia.^[2] Other common names include deep herring and northern herring.^[3]

This species is amphidromous. It is known to swim at a maximum depth of 50 metres. The largest known standard length for the species is 10 cm.^[2] It is distinguished from its sister species, Escualosa elongata, the slender white sardine, by its deeper body and broader silver band. The white sardine feeds on zooplankton and phytoplankton. It is a commercially important fish, used fresh and dried.^[2]

References

^ "Synonyms of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847)". fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Escualosa thoracata. FishBase. 2017.
^ Escualosa thoracata. Fishes of Australia.

External links

Escualosa thoracata at ITIS
Escualosa thoracata at WoRMS

[1] "Synonyms of Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847)". fishbase.org.

[fb-2] Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Escualosa thoracata. FishBase. 2017.

[3] Escualosa thoracata. Fishes of Australia.

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