Biology:Sardinella richardsoni
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Short description: Species of fish
| Richardson's sardinella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Dorosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sardinella |
| Species: | S. richardsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Sardinella richardsoni Wongratana, 1983
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Sardinella richardsoni (Richardson's sardinella) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella from the South China Sea in the northwest Pacific.[1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Scottish surgeon-naturalist John Richardson (1787–1865).[3]
References
- ↑ Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Sardinella richardsoni" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Family DOROSOMATIDAE Bleeker 1872 (Gizzard Shads and Sardinellas)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/dorosomatidae/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2341278 entry
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