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Correcting widespread misidentifications of the highly abundant and commercially important sardine species S ardinella lemuru , Bleeker, 1853 in the P hilippines
Author(s) -
Willette D. A.,
Santos M. D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1111/jai.12051
Subject(s) - sardinella , sardine , biology , fishery , zoology , ecology , fish <actinopterygii>
Summary Morphology, meristics, and molecular genetics tools were used to determine the species level identification of the most commonly landed sardine species in the Philippines. Results from this study indicated that the historical and widely applied nomenclature of the Indian oil sardine, S ardinella longiceps , is incorrect and that this species is instead the B ali sardinella S ardinella lemuru . Developing an effective strategy for managing one of the P hilippines most important commodity sardine species first requires accurate identification of this species. Results of this study provide needed information that is now being applied to emerging management policies.