Amblygaster leiogaster
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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. leiogaster
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| Amblygaster leiogaster (Valenciennes, 1847)
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Amblygaster leiogaster, the smoothbelly sardinella, also known as blue sardine, blue sprat, bluebait, is a reef-associated marine species of sardinella in the herring family Clupeidae.[1][3][4] It is one of the three species of genus Amblygaster. It is found in the marine waters along Indo-West Pacific regions south towards western Australia. The fish has 13 to 21 dorsal soft rays and 12 to 23 anal soft rays. It grows up to a maximum length of 23 cm. The flank is gold in fresh fish but becomes black while preservation. Belly is more rounded and scutes are not prominent. It is rather closely resemble Amblygaster clupeoides, but the latter has very few lower gill rakers than smoothbelly sardinella. The fish feeds on minute organisms like zooplankton.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Mohd Arshaad, W.; Gaughan, D.; Munroe, T.A. (2017). "Amblygaster leiogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75153246A75153434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T75153246A75153434.en. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Synonyms of Amblygaster leiogaster (Valenciennes, 1847)".
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Amblygaster leiogaster". FishBase. February 2024 version.
- ^ Whitehead, Peter J.P. (1985). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolfherrings. Part 1 – Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. Vol. 125/7/1. Rome: FAO. pp. 87–88. ISBN 978-92-5-102340-2.
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