Amblygaster clupeoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Genus: | Amblygaster |
| Species: | A. clupeoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849
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Amblygaster clupeoides, the bleeker smoothbelly sardinella, blue pilchard, sharp-nosed pilchard, or sharpnose sardine, is a reef-associated marine species of sardinellas in the herring family Clupeidae. It is one of the three species of genus Amblygaster.
Distribution[edit]
It is found in the marine waters along Indo-West Pacific regions.
Description[edit]
The fish has 13 to 21 dorsal soft rays and 12 to 23 anal soft rays. It grows up to a maximum length of 21 cm. The flank is gold in fresh fish but becomes black while preservation. Belly is more rounded and scutes are not prominent.
Diet[edit]
The fish feeds on minute organisms like copepods, Mysis and zooplankton. Widely used as bait in the tuna fishery all along the world, both as a live or dead forms.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
Data related to Amblygaster clupeoides at Wikispecies
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