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Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847

Indian oil sardine
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Oman country information

Common names: Abed, Uma
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Randall, J.E., 1995
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z.S., 1995
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Dominant clupeid in central and southern Oman (Ref. 11441). Known from Dimaniyyat Islands (Ref. 129713). Also Ref. 188. Significant contributor to Omani fisheries. Constitutes 80% of total small pelagic landings and 40% of overall catch, averaging 30 to 50 thousand tons annually. Valued as food fish and fodder for cattle. Caught using beach seines, boat seines, gillnets and castnets (Ref. 9773)
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mu.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E., 1995
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Common names from other countries

Sardinelle indienne, Sardinela aceitera, Sardinelle indienne, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Sardinella: Latin and Greek, sarda = sardine; name related to the island of Sardinia; diminutive (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 20 - 200 m (Ref. 28016).   Tropical; 25°N - 7°N, 57°E - 81°E (Ref. 54872)

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