Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Alausa aurea (non Steindachner) (misapplied name)

Alausa dorsalis Valenciennes, 1847 (synonym)

Alausa platycephalus Bleeker, 1863 (synonym)

Clupea aurea (non Steindachner) (misapplied name)

Clupea dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847) (synonym)

Clupea eba (non Regan, 1917) (misapplied name)

Clupea fimbriata Bowdich, 1825 (synonym)

Clupea senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1847) (synonym)

Clupea setosa Steindachner, 1869 (synonym)

Ethmalosa dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847) (synonym)

Harengula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847 (synonym)

Meletta senegalensis Valenciennes, 1847 (synonym)

Sardinella eba (non Regan, 1917) (misapplied name)

Common names:

Alaccia larga Italian

Bonga elft Dutch

Bonga shad English

Bonga-Hering German

En art stamsild Danish

Ethmalose d'Afrique French

Galucha Portuguese

Quilucha Portuguese

Sábalo africano Spanish

Sardinelle jaune French

бонга Russian

筛鲱 Mandarin Chinese

篩鯡 Mandarin Chinese

Awatt Wolof

Awefu Krio, Unknown

Aywé Fon Gbe

Aywo Unknown

Bonga Creole, Portuguese, English, Krio, Portuguese, Spanish, Susu, Unknown

Bonga africká Czech

Bonga seri Susu, Unknown

Bongasill Swedish

Bonga-stamsild Danish

Bongo Bemba, English, Unknown

Bonji Unknown

Cachumbeta Portuguese

Ciro Javanese, Malay

Cobo Wolof

Diata Wolof

Eflo Ewe

Ehoube Unknown

Ethmalose French

Etmaloza Polish

Fassou coba Wolof

Folé Fon Gbe

Folevi Ewe

Igir bicham Arabic, Hassaniya

Juwi juwi Malay

Kanflanvi Gen-Gbe, Pila

Kokole Ewe

Kóóóó Wolof

Kpraakpre Aizi

Kprekpre Adioukrou, Unknown

Liandji Vili

Machoello mario Spanish

Mandji Vili

Mursiah Malay

Mvélé Fang

Obeu Wolof

Ööbë Wolof

Ossako mbèrè Nkomi

Rasoir English, French

Sardine des estuaires French

Sardinelle janne French

Sável-africano Portuguese

Shad Afrikaans, English, Swedish

Tembang Malay

Tiaka Fon Gbe

Tialo Unknown

Tiatj Serer

Tindal tchatch Serer

Wékuako Fon Gbe

Classification:

Animalia

LSID

Phylum Chordata

LSID

Class Actinopterygii

LSID

Order Clupeiformes

LSID

Family Clupeidae

LSID

Genus Ethmalosa

LSID

Distribution:

Western Sahara; Togo; Sierra Leone; Senegal; Sao Tome and Principe; Sanaga; Saloum; Nigeria; Mauritania; Liberia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea Current; Guinea; Ghana; Gambia; Gabon; Fatala; Ethiopian; Equatorial Guinea; Ébrié Lagoon; Eastern Central Atlantic: Dakhla, Western Sahara to at least Lobito, Angola, corresponding to the extreme northerly and southerly limits of the 25°C isotherms throughout the year; dwarf population exist in Lake Nokoué, Benin. Cape Verde records based on; Côte d'Ivoire; Congo, Republic of; Congo, Dem. Rep. of the; Casamance River; Cape Verde; Canary Current; Cameroon; Buba; Benin; Benguela Current; Atlantic, Southeast; Atlantic, Eastern Central; Atlantic Ocean; Angola; Africa-Inland Waters

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 25-Jul-1994

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:40210342-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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