FB-69956 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69956 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Clupeiformes Engraulidae Stolephorus Stolephorus balinensis (Bleeker, 1849) Fortune Sardinella 2023-03-08 2023-03-08 Hata, H. and H. Motomura0 <i>Sardinella ventura</i> n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), a new sardine from Mauritius. Zootaxa 4975(2):389-396. (Ref. 124206) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69965 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-03-27 00:00:00 2023-03-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69965 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: posterior margin of caudal fin black; dorsal-fin origin with a black spot; lateral body scales with centrally discontinuous vertical striae and pores posteriorly; body scales are non-deciduous; pelvic fin with 1 unbranched and 7 branched rays; dorsal fin with 4 or 5 unbranched rays; anal fin with 3 unbranched and 16–21 (modally 18) branched rays; gill rakers of first gill arch, upper limb 54-63 (60), lower limb 94-110 (96), total 150-168; scutes on ventral edge of body 17-18 (18) + 13-14 (14) = 30-32 (32); lateral scale rows in longitudinal series 41-43 (41); transverse scales 11-12 (12); pseudobranchial filaments 17-19 (17); head long, 27.9-30.0% SL; maxilla long, 12.0-13.0% SL; lower jaw long, 12.4-13.7% SL; caudal peduncle is short, 6.2-7.6% SL; eye large, 8.4-9.9%; orbit large, 9.6-12.3%; pectoral fin long, 21.0-22.7%; pelvic fin long, 12.5-13.5% (Ref. 124206). Hata, H. and H. Motomura 2021 <i>Sardinella ventura</i> n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), a new sardine from Mauritius. Zootaxa 4975(2):389-396. (Ref. 124206) FB-Distribution-69965 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-03-27 00:00:00 2023-03-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69965 Western Indian Ocean: Muritius. Hata, H. and H. Motomura 2021 <i>Sardinella ventura</i> n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), a new sardine from Mauritius. Zootaxa 4975(2):389-396. (Ref. 124206) FB-Size-69965 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-03-27 00:00:00 2023-03-27 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69965 10.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 124206)) Hata, H. and H. Motomura 2021 <i>Sardinella ventura</i> n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), a new sardine from Mauritius. Zootaxa 4975(2):389-396. (Ref. 124206) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69965 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-03-27 00:00:00 2023-03-27 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69965 pelagic-neritic; marine