Fiji Herring

Total scutes 29 or 30; lower gill rakers slender, smooth and numerous. No perforations on hind part of scale. Tips of dorsal and caudal fins dusky or black. Immediately distinguished from all other Sardinella species in the area by its high gill raker count, also the overlapping or continuous scale striae and absence of dorsal spot.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 21; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 12 - 23

Forms schools in coastal waters. Euryhaline (Ref. 12743). Used as bait in the tuna fishery. Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).

fisheries: minor commercial; bait: usually; price category: medium; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus

Sardinella fijiense also known as the Fiji sardinella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella.