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Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Sardinella: Latin and Greek, sarda = sardine; name related to the island of Sardinia; diminutive (Ref. 45335); electra: Name from Greek 'electra' for Elektron meaning 'splendor', referring to the brilliant silver body of this species.

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Marine; pelagic-neritic. Temperate

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Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ryukyu Is.).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128120)

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This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: gill rakers on first gill arch, in upper series 38-46 (modally 41), lower series 67-76 (70, 72, 73), total 105-121 (114); gill rakers on second gill arch, in upper series 36-43 (38), lower series 69-78 (70), total 107-120 (107, 111); gill rakers on third gill arch, in upper series 32-39 (36), lower series 53-66 (57, 59), total 88-104 (93); gill rakers on fourth gill arch, in upper series 26-31 (28), lower series 39-52 (45, 46), total 65i-82 (72, 75); gill rakers on posterior face of third gill arch 25-31 (26). Colouration: caudal fin has distinct black tips; lateral body scales have centrally continuous or overlapping vertical striae and with few perforations, no pores posteriorly; black spot on dorsal-fin origin (Ref. 128120).

Found in shallow coastal waters (Ref. 128120).

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Hata, H. and H. Motomura, 2019. A new species of sardine, Sardinella electra (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 4565(2):274-280. (Ref. 128120)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 25 April 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 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).

Sardinella electra Hata & Motomura, 2019