Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Alausa californica Gill, 1862, Alosa musica Girard, 1855, Arengus sagax (Jenyns, 1842), Clupanodon caeruleus (Girard, 1854), Clupea advena Philippi, 1879, Clupea caerulea Mitchill, 1815, Clupea lata Richardson & Gray, 1843, Clupea melanosticta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846, Clupea neopilchardus Steindachner, 1879, Clupea ocellata Pappe, 1853, Clupea sagax Jenyns, 1842, Meletta caerulea Girard, 1854, Sardina caerulea (Mitchill, 1815), Sardina neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879), Sardinops caerulea (Girard, 1854), Sardinops caeruleus (Girard, 1854), Sardinops melanosticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (misspelling), Sardinops melanostictus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846). Sardinops neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879), Sardinops ocellata (Pappe, 1853), Sardinops ocellatus (Pappe, 1853), Sardinops sagax caeruleus (Girard, 1854), Sardinops sagax melanosticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846), Sardinops sagax musica (Girard, 1855), Sardinops sagax neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879), Sardinops sagax sagax (Jenyns, 1842), Sardinopus melanostictus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (misspelling), fide Appeltans et al. (2010) McCosker & Rosenblatt (2010) consider Sardinops sagax sagax a distinct taxon.

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Colombia to Peru, Galapagos

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• IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org