Sardinella, Valenciennes, 1847

Hata, Harutaka & Koeda, Keita, 2022, First Japanese Records of Sardinella albella (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) from Okinawa Island, with a Key to Japanese Species of Sardinella, Species Diversity 27 (1), pp. 37-43 : 40

Key to species of Sardinella recorded from Japan

( Fig. 3 ; data of each specimen shown in Appendix 1); Japanese standard names in parenthesis

1. Pelvic fin with nine rays; lower gill rakers on first gill arch>100.............. S. aurita a (Kataboshi-iwashi)

— Pelvic fin with eight rays; lower gill rakers on first gill arch <77....................................... 2

Figures

Fig. 3. Species of Sardinella recorded from Japan. A, S. aurita, NSMT-P 134583, 152.6mm standard length (SL), Uchinoura Bay, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan; B, S. electra, KMNH VR 100642, 84.2mm SL, Ishigaki Island, Yaeyama Islands, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan; C, S. melanura, NSMT-P 136530, 40.6mm SL, Okinawa Island, Okinawa Islands, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan; D, S. zunasi, NSMT-P 96254, 105.0mm SL, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; E, S. alcyone, SPMN-PI 44304, 73.9mm SL, Okinawa Island, Okinawa Islands, Ryukyu Archipelago; F, S. gibbosa, URM-P 44674 (preserved condition), 128.9mm SL, Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.