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Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Sardinella: Latin and Greek, sarda = sardine; name related to the island of Sardinia; diminutive (Ref. 45335); ventura: Name from Latin meaning fortune ('ventura'), referring to the unexpected find of the type specimens in the BMNH specimen collection.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Muritius.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124206)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: posterior margin of caudal fin black; dorsal-fin origin with a black spot; lateral body scales with centrally discontinuous vertical striae and pores posteriorly; body scales are non-deciduous; pelvic fin with 1 unbranched and 7 branched rays; dorsal fin with 4 or 5 unbranched rays; anal fin with 3 unbranched and 16–21 (modally 18) branched rays; gill rakers of first gill arch, upper limb 54-63 (60), lower limb 94-110 (96), total 150-168; scutes on ventral edge of body 17-18 (18) + 13-14 (14) = 30-32 (32); lateral scale rows in longitudinal series 41-43 (41); transverse scales 11-12 (12); pseudobranchial filaments 17-19 (17); head long, 27.9-30.0% SL; maxilla long, 12.0-13.0% SL; lower jaw long, 12.4-13.7% SL; caudal peduncle is short, 6.2-7.6% SL; eye large, 8.4-9.9%; orbit large, 9.6-12.3%; pectoral fin long, 21.0-22.7%; pelvic fin long, 12.5-13.5% (Ref. 124206).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2021. Sardinella ventura n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), a new sardine from Mauritius. Zootaxa 4975(2):389-396. (Ref. 124206)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00399 - 0.01817), b=3.05 (2.88 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
