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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829) 
AphiaID: 212271

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClupeiformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClupeidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSardinella (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSardinella melanura (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSardinella Valenciennes, 1847
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClupea commersonii (Valenciennes, 1847)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClupea melanura Cuvier, 1829
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClupea otaitensis Valenciennes, 1847
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClupeonia commersoni Valenciennes, 1847
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClupeonia commersonii Valenciennes, 1847
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClupeonia vittata Valenciennes, 1847
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHarengula melanura (Cuvier, 1829)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHarengula vanicoris Jordan & Seale, 1906
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHarengula vittata (Valenciennes, 1847)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHerklotsichthys vittatus (Valenciennes, 1847)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSardinella melaneura (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSardinella nigricaudata Chan, 1965
Sources  basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2015). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorblacktip sardinella  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Comores
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorComores [details]
Federal Republic of Somalia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSomalia [details]
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGazi Bay [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReunion [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUngama Bay [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
Republic of Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMauritius [details]
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Forms schools in coastal waters. Regarded a robust and very good bait in the tuna fishery. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212271
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2014). Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212271 on 2015-03-06
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