WoRMS taxon details
Sardinella albella (Valenciennes, 1847)
212268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212268)
accepted
Species
Clupalosa bulan Bleeker, 1849 · unaccepted
Clupea bulan (Bleeker, 1849) · unaccepted
Clupea perforata (Cantor, 1849) · unaccepted
Clupea perforate (Cantor, 1849) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Clupea sundaica Bleeker, 1870 · unaccepted
Clupeonia perforata Cantor, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Harengula bulan (Bleeker, 1849) · unaccepted
Harengula dollfusi Chabanaud, 1933 · unaccepted
Harengula perforata (Cantor, 1849) · unaccepted
Kowala albella Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849 · unaccepted
Sardinella bulan (Bleeker, 1849) · unaccepted
Sardinella perforata (Cantor, 1849) · unaccepted
Spratella kowala Bleeker, 1851 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Kowala albella 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]
Description Forms schools. Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, and made into fish balls.
Description Forms schools. Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, and made into fish balls. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sardinella albella (Valenciennes, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212268 on 2026-10-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupalosa bulan Bleeker, 1849) Bleeker, P. (1849). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Madura, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe soorten. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 22 [8]: 1-16. [details]
original description (of Spratella kowala Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Riouw. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 2 (no. 3): 469-497. [details]
original description (of Clupea sundaica Bleeker, 1870) Bleeker, P. (1870-75). Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publiés sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandais. Tome VI. Pleuronectes, Scombrésoces, Clupées, Clupésoces, Chauliodontes, Saurides. 1-170, Pls. 232-278.
page(s): [105], Pl. 271 (fig. 5) [details]
original description (of Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849) Cantor, T.E. (1849). Catalogue of Malayan fishes. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 18(2): i-xii + 981-1443, Pls. 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133430#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 1279 [details]
original description (of Clupeonia perforata Cantor, 1849) Cantor, T.E. (1849). Catalogue of Malayan fishes. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 18(2): i-xii + 981-1443, Pls. 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133430#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 1276 [details]
original description (of Harengula dollfusi Chabanaud, 1933) Chabanaud, P. (1933). Sur divers poissons de la mer Rouge et du canal de Suez. Description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco).</em> No. 627: 1-12. [details]
original description (of Kowala albella 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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Spratella kowala Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Riouw. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 2 (no. 3): 469-497. [details]
original description (of Clupea sundaica Bleeker, 1870) Bleeker, P. (1870-75). Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publiés sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandais. Tome VI. Pleuronectes, Scombrésoces, Clupées, Clupésoces, Chauliodontes, Saurides. 1-170, Pls. 232-278.
page(s): [105], Pl. 271 (fig. 5) [details]
original description (of Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849) Cantor, T.E. (1849). Catalogue of Malayan fishes. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 18(2): i-xii + 981-1443, Pls. 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133430#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 1279 [details]
original description (of Clupeonia perforata Cantor, 1849) Cantor, T.E. (1849). Catalogue of Malayan fishes. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 18(2): i-xii + 981-1443, Pls. 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133430#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 1276 [details]
original description (of Harengula dollfusi Chabanaud, 1933) Chabanaud, P. (1933). Sur divers poissons de la mer Rouge et du canal de Suez. Description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco).</em> No. 627: 1-12. [details]
original description (of Kowala albella 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). (2026). 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)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [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. Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, and made into fish balls. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | white sardinella | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (48 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Clupea sundaica Bleeker, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Sardinella perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Spratella kowala Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Clupea perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Harengula dollfusi Chabanaud, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Clupalosa bulan Bleeker, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Kowala albella Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sardinella bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clupea bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Harengula bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Harengula perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sardinella albella)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea sundaica Bleeker, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Sardinella bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupalosa bulan Bleeker, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Kowala albella Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula dollfusi Chabanaud, 1933)
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Sardinella perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea perforate (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupeonia perforata Cantor, 1849)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clupeonia perforata Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Spratella kowala Bleeker, 1851)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Kowala albella Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2591030) (from synonym Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sardinella albella FIN027956 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sardinella albella FIN027956B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Clupea sundaica Bleeker, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Sardinella perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Spratella kowala Bleeker, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Clupea perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Harengula dollfusi Chabanaud, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Clupalosa bulan Bleeker, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Kowala albella Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sardinella bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clupea bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Harengula bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Harengula perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sardinella albella)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea sundaica Bleeker, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Sardinella bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupalosa bulan Bleeker, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Kowala albella Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula dollfusi Chabanaud, 1933)
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Sardinella perforata (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula bulan (Bleeker, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea perforate (Cantor, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupeonia perforata Cantor, 1849)
To Fishbase (from synonym Clupeonia perforata Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Spratella kowala Bleeker, 1851)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Kowala albella Valenciennes, 1847)
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 66 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2591030) (from synonym Kowala lauta Cantor, 1849)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sardinella albella FIN027956 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sardinella albella FIN027956B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
