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Similar Escualosa, Slender white sardine, Sardinella, Goldstripe sardinella, Amblygaster | ||
The White sardine (Escualosa thoracata), also known as Deep herring, Deep-bodied herring, Northern herring, and White herring, is a species of amphidromous sardine (family Clupeidae) in the genus Escualosa. It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847. It is a tropical fish that can be found in Indo-West Pacific oceans from northern Indian Ocean to Thailand, Indonesia towards more east of Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.
The sardines are known to swim at a maximum depth of 50 metres. The largest known standard length for the species is 10 cm. It is distinguished from its sister species, Escualosa elongata (the Slender white sardine) by having a more deeper body and much broad silver band. The latter having more slender body, earning it its common name, and also by a silver band on its flank. White sardine feeds mainly on zooplankton and phytoplankton. Commercially important fish, where it is used both as fresh and dried forms.
