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Scientific Name: Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847
English Name: Indian Oil Sardine
Local/Bangla Name: Chapila (চাপিলা), Takkara (টাক্কারা)
Indian Oil Sardine - Chapila (চাপিলা), Takkara (টাক্কারা) - Sardinella longiceps - Type: Bonyfish

Labcode: F1612Sb-75

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Description:
D1 16; D2 absent; P1 15; P2 8; A 18. Color of back blue-green and flanks silvery; a dark spot on hind margin of gill cover. Body elongate, cylindrical; belly rounded with scutes but without prominent keel. Head long. Gillrakers fine and numerous. Dorsal fin origin nearer snout-tip to caudal fin base. Body covered by thin cycloid scales.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sundarbans Mangrove area
Environment:
Marine
Main References:

Habib KA, Kim CG, Oh J, Neogi AK, Lee YH (2nd eds.) (2018) Aquatic Biodiversity of Sundarbans, Bangladesh (2nd edition), Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), 394 p.

Other References:

Habib KA, Islam MJ (2020) An updated checklist of Marine Fishes of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of fisheries, 32(2), 357-367.

Singha NK, Parvej MR, Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR (Eds. Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR) (2019) Bangladesh Samudrik O Upokolio Matsya Projatir Album (Species Album of Marine and Coastal Fisheries Researches of Bangladesh), Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, 264 p.

Shamsunnahar S, Baki MA, Sarker A, Begum MH, Zafaria A, Islam NN, Ahmed MS (2017) Short Communication New record of Indian oil sardine Sardinella longiceps

Fanning LP, Chowdhury SR, Uddin MS, Al-Mamun MA (Eds. Uddin MS and Chowdhury SR) (2019) Marine fisheries survey reports and stock assessment 2019. Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh, 224 pp.

Uddin MS, Chowdhury SR, Rashed MR, Singha NK, Tazim MF, Mamun MAA, Mamun A, Rahman MM, Hasan ME (eds.) (2022) Album: Marine and Coastal Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Government of Bangladesh. 336 pp

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: MF611615  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
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