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Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Amblygaster: Greek, amblys = darkness + Greek, gaster = stomach (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878) was an ichthyologist and army surgeon commissioned (1841) by the Dutch East India Company. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / نطاق العمق / distribution range
البيئة
بحري مرتبطة بالشعاب; نطاق العمق 0 - 50 m (Ref. 188). Tropical; 17°N - 19°S, 75°E - 179°W (Ref. 188)
Indo-West Pacific: southern coasts of India, perhaps Bay of Bengal, and Indonesia eastward to Fiji. Reported from New Caledonia (Ref. 9070) and Tonga (Ref. 53797).
الحجم / وزن / العمر
النضج: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.6 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 126292); common length : 15.0 cm SL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 188); أعلا وزن تم نشرة: 247.00 g (Ref. 126292)
الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع) : 0; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع) : 13 - 21; شوكة شرجية: 0; أشعه شرجية لينه: 12 - 23. Body moderately deep, belly rather rounded, scutes not prominent. Distinguished from A. sirm by the absence of spots along the flank (gold in life, black on preservation) and fewer lower gill rakers. Closely resembles A. leiogaster, which has more lower gill rakers. Round-bodied Sardinella species have i 8 pelvic fin rays and more than 100 lower gill rakers.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Forms schools in coastal waters. Feeds on copepods, Mysis and other elements in the zooplankton. Used as bait in the tuna fishery.
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
Spawn in school (Ref. 205).
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. (Ref. 188)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
استخدامات بشرية
مصائد: تجاري; طعم: usually
أدوات
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (مرجع
123201): 27.2 - 29.1, mean 28.5 °C (based on 988 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (مرجع
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00458 - 0.01442), b=3.07 (2.92 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
مستوى غذائي (مرجع
69278): 3.1 ±0.28 se; based on food items.
المرونه (مرجع
120179): عالي, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع أقل من 15 شهر (Assuming Fec > 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 95.5 [30.8, 395.3] mg/100g; Iron = 1.53 [0.53, 3.60] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [17.5, 22.6] %; Omega3 = 0.259 [0.118, 0.565] g/100g; Selenium = 51.1 [16.6, 168.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 79.2 [16.6, 367.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.42 [0.70, 2.70] mg/100g (wet weight);
