WoRMS taxon details
Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829)
212271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212271)
accepted
Species
Clupea commersonii (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
Clupea melanura Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Clupea otaitensis Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Clupeonia commersoni Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Clupeonia commersonii Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Clupeonia vittata Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Harengula melanura (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Harengula vanicoris Jordan & Seale, 1906 · unaccepted
Harengula vittata (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
Herklotsichthys vittatus (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
Sardinella melaneura (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sardinella nigricaudata Chan, 1965 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea melanura Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 318 [details]
page(s): 318 [details]
Description Forms schools in coastal waters. Regarded a robust and very good bait in the tuna fishery.
Description Forms schools in coastal waters. Regarded a robust and very good bait in the tuna fishery. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212271 on 2025-12-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea melanura Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Harengula vanicoris Jordan & Seale, 1906) Jordan, D. S.; Seale, A. (1906). The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> . 25 (for 1905): 173-455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53. [details]
original description (of Clupeonia commersoni Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
original description (of Clupeonia vittata Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Harengula vanicoris Jordan & Seale, 1906) Jordan, D. S.; Seale, A. (1906). The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> . 25 (for 1905): 173-455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53. [details]
original description (of Clupeonia commersoni Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
original description (of Clupeonia vittata Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
City University of Hong Kong. (2013). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis ofEpibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Forms schools in coastal waters. Regarded a robust and very good bait in the tuna fishery. [details]
To Barcode of Life (52 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Clupea commersonii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sardinella nigricaudata Chan, 1965)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Herklotsichthys vittatus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Clupeonia commersoni Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Clupea melanura Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clupeonia commersonii Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clupea otaitensis Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Harengula vanicoris Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Clupeonia vittata Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Harengula melanura (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Harengula vittata (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Clupea melanura Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sardinella melanura)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea melanura Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea commersonii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula vittata (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula vanicoris Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula melanura (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Herklotsichthys vittatus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Sardinella nigricaudata Chan, 1965)
To FishBase (from synonym Sardinella melaneura (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupeonia vittata Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupeonia commersoni Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupeonia commersonii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea otaitensis Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 74 proteins) (from synonym Clupea melanura Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 74 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sardinella melanura RAD100588-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sardinella melanura RAD100588-002)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Clupea commersonii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sardinella nigricaudata Chan, 1965)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Herklotsichthys vittatus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Clupeonia commersoni Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Clupea melanura Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clupeonia commersonii Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clupea otaitensis Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Harengula vanicoris Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Clupeonia vittata Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Harengula melanura (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Harengula vittata (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Clupea melanura Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sardinella melanura)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea melanura Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea commersonii (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula vittata (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula vanicoris Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula melanura (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Herklotsichthys vittatus (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Sardinella nigricaudata Chan, 1965)
To FishBase (from synonym Sardinella melaneura (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupeonia vittata Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupeonia commersoni Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupeonia commersonii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea otaitensis Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 74 proteins) (from synonym Clupea melanura Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 74 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sardinella melanura RAD100588-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sardinella melanura RAD100588-002)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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