Sardinella aurita

Familia: Clupeidae
Genus: Sardinella
Species: Sardinella aurita

Sardinella aurita

Taxonavigation: Clupeoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Clupei Superordo: Clupeomorpha Ordo: Clupeiformes Subordo: Clupeoidei

Name

Sardinella aurita Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847

• Lectotype: LectotypeMNHN A-9824.
  • Lectotype designated by Whitehead 1967
• Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-0663 (2), B-3085 [ex MNHN A-9824] (1).

Type locality: Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea.

Etymology: From auritus (= eared), probably referring to black spot at hind border of gill cover. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Clupea allecia Rafinesque, 1810
• Alosa senegalensis Bennett, 1831
• Clupea aurovittata Swainson, 1838
• Sardinella anchovia Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
• Meletta mediterranea Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847
• Sardinia pseudohispanica Poey, 1860
• Sardinella euxina Antipa, 1906
• Sardinella pinnula Bean, 1912
• Clupea venulosa Steinitz, 1927
• Sardinella aurita var. terrasae Lozano-Rey, 1950

Vernacular names

English: Round Sardinella

References

• Bräger, Z., Moritz, T., Tsikliras, A.C., Gonzalvo, J., Radulović, M. & Staszny, Á. 2016. Scale morphometry allows discrimination of European sardine Sardina pilchardus and round sardinella Sardinella aurita and among their local populations. Journal of Fish Biology, Article first published online: 29 JAN 2016.DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12907 Reference page. 
• Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606.BHL Reference page. 
• Whitehead, P.J.P. 1967. The clupeoid fishes described by Lacepède, Cuvier and Valenciennes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology Suppl. 2: 1–180, Pls. 1–11. Reference page. 

Links

• Sardinella aurita in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Sardinella aurita in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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