Family : Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)
Order : Clupeiformes  (herrings)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Smooth-belly sardinella
Fish Name : Amblygaster leiogaster
Max size : 23.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 188)
Environment : pelagic-neritic ; depth range 0 - 50 m
Climate : tropical; 30°N - 23°S
Global Importance : fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming Fec > 10,000)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: coasts of Africa eastward to Okinawa, Japan; south to Western Australia.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-21; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 12-23. Body moderately slender, belly rather rounded, scutes not prominent. Distinguished from A. sirm by the absence of spots along the flank (gold in life, black on preservation) and fewer lower gill rakers. Closely resembles A. clupeoides, which has fewer lower gill rakers.
Biology : A schooling species occurring in coastal waters (Ref. 188, 75154)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Whitehead, P.J.P.. 1985. (Ref. 188)

India country information
Common Names : കീരിമീന്, കീരിമീന് , Keerimeen, Smoothbelly sardinella
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses