Sardinella richardsoni

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| name = Richardson's sardinella

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| taxon = Sardinella richardsoni

| authority = Wongratana, 1983

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Sardinella richardsoni (Richardson's sardinella) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella from the South China Sea in the northwest Pacific.Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO.

Size

This species reaches a length of {{convert|12.0|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Sardinella |species= richardsoni| month = February | year = 2015}}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Scottish surgeon-naturalist John Richardson (1787–1865).{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/dorosomatidae/ | title = Family DOROSOMATIDAE Bleeker 1872 (Gizzard Shads and Sardinellas) | access-date= 22 April 2023 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

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