Sardinella longiceps és una espècie de peix de la família dels clupeids i de l'ordre dels clupeïformes.

Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 23 cm de llargària totalWhitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. i 200 g de pes.Bykov, V.P. 1983. Marine fishes: chemical composition and processing properties. Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., Nova Delhi. 333 p. Nombre de vèrtebres: 45-49.FishBase

Reproducció Té lloc entre agost i setembre, quan la temperatura arriba als 22-28 °C.Rosa, H. Jr. i T. Laevastu 1960. Comparison of biological and ecological characteristics of sardines and related species - a preliminary study. p. 523-552. A H. Rosa, Jr. i G. Murphy (eds.) Proc. World Scientific Meeting on the Biology of Sardines and Related Species, 14-21 de setembre de 1959, Roma, Itàlia. Vol. 2, Species Synopses.

Alimentació Menja principalment fitoplàncton (especialment diatomees) i petits crustacis.Sommer, C., W. Schneider i J.-M. Poutiers 1996. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Somalia. FAO, Roma. 376 p.

Depredadors És depredat per Saurida tumbilTiews, K., A. Mines i I.A. Ronquillo 1972. On the biology of Saurida tumbil (Bloch 1801), Family Synodontidae in Philippine waters. The Philipp. J. of Fish. 10(1-2):1-29. i algunes espècies del gènere Scomberomorus.Collette, B.B. i C.E. Nauen 1983. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(2). 137 p.FishBase

Hàbitat És un peix marí, pelàgic, de clima tropical (25°N-7°N, 57°E-81°E) i que es troba a 20-200 m de fondària.Al Sakaff, H. i M. Esseen 1999. Occurrence and distribution of fish species off Yemen (Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea). Naga ICLARM Q. 22(1):43-47.

Distribució geogràfica Es troba a l'oceà Índic: des del Golf d'AdenEdwards, R.R.C., A. Ghaddaf i S. Shaher 1991. The demersal fish stocks and the biometrics of fish on the P.D.R. Yemen shelf of the Gulf of Aden. UNESCO Project 703/PDY/40.Edwards, R.R.C. i S. Shaher 1991. The biometrics of marine fishes from the Gulf of Aden. Fishbyte 9(2):27-29.Edwards, R.R.C. i S. Shaher 1987. Biometrics of Sardinella longiceps Val. in relation to upwelling in the Gulf of Aden. J. Fish Biol. 30:67-73. i el Golf d'OmanStromme, T. 1986. Pelagic and demersal fish resources of Oman, results of the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen surveys in Oman 1983-1984. Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Noruega, 95p.Randall, J.E. 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.Fouda, M.M. i G.V. Hermosa, Jr. 1993. A checklist of Oman fishes. Sultan Qaboos University Press, Sultanate of Oman. 42 p.Assadi, H. i R. Dehghani P. 1997. Atlas of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman fishes. Iranian Fisheries Research and Training Organization, Iran.Al-Barwani, M.A., A. Prabhakar, J.A. Dorr III i M. Al-Mandhery 1989. Studies on the biology of Sardinella longiceps (Valenciennes) in the Sultanate of Oman, 1985-1986. Kuwait Bull. Mar. Sci. (10):201-209. fins al sud de la costa oriental de l'Índia.Talwar, P.K. i R.K. Kacker 1984. Commercial sea fishes of India. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. 997 p.Kurup, K.N., V. Balan, P. Vijaya Raghavan i M. Kumaran 1989. Stock assessment of the Indian oil-sardinella (Sardinella longiceps) off the west coast of India. p. 115-126. A S.C. Venema i N.P. van Zalinge (eds.) Contributions to tropical fish stock assessment in India. FAO/DANIDA/ICAR National Follow-up Training Course on Fish Stock Assessment, Cochin, l'Índia, 2-28 de novembre de 1987. FI:GCP/INT/392/DEN/1.Kharbhari, J.P. 1982. Marine Fisheries Information Services India. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute: 18-23.Biradar, R.S. i J. Gjosæter 1989. Population dynamics of Indian oil sardine, Sardinella longiceps, off the southwest coast of India. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 5(4):185-193.

Longevitat Pot arribar a viure 3 anys.

Costums Forma bancs a les aigües costaneres.

Ús comercial Es comercialitza fresc, assecat, adobat amb sal, fumat, en conserva i en forma de farina de peix i mandonguilles.Frimodt, C. 1995. Multilingual illustrated guide to the world's commercial warmwater fish. Fishing News Books, Osney Mead, Oxford, Anglaterra. 215 p.

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