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Sardinella rouxi Yellowtail sardinella

Sardinella rouxiis commonly referred to as Yellowtail sardinella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.


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lexID:
4774 
AphiaID:
272276 
Scientific:
Sardinella rouxi 
German:
"Gelbschwanz"Sardine 
English:
Yellowtail Sardinella 
Category:
Herrings 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Clupeidae (Family) > Sardinella (Genus) > rouxi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Poll, ), 1953 
Occurrence:
Ghana, Benin, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, East Africa, Namibia, Nigeria, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Ivory Coast, Togo, West Africa 
Size:
up to 6.3" (16 cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 80.6 °F (20°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2012-10-25 21:53:54 

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(Poll, 1953)

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Congo and perhaps south of Angola.

Forms schools near the surface in inshore waters and along beaches.
Often caught together with young S. maderensis.

Synonymised taxa:
Harengula rouxi Poll, 1953

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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