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Type
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Marine Fish
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Title
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Indian oil sardine
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Local Name
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ചാള
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Common Name
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Indian oil sardine
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Scientific Name
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Sardinella longiceps
Taxonomy
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Phylum
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Chordata
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Class
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Actinopterygii
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Order
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Clupeiformes
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Family
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Clupeidae
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Genus
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Sardinella
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Species
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Sardinella longiceps
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Short Description
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• Fishery is significant economically; about 10% contribution to India’s total marine fisheries.
• Used in fish meal and fish balls production, fresh or dried consumed widely.
• Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, smoked, and canned.
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Habitat
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Marine; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous
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