A new species of sardine, Sardinella pacifica from the Philippines (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae)

A new sardine, Sardinella pacifica sp. n., is described on the basis of 21 specimens collected from the Philippines. The new species closely resembles Sardinella fimbriata (Valenciennes, 1847), both species having lateral scales with centrally discontinuous striae, a dark spot on the dorsal-fin orig...

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Main Authors: Harutaka Hata, Hiroyuki Motomura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-03-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/30688/download/pdf/