| Indian oil sardine | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Dorosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sardinella |
| Species: | S. longiceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847
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The Indian oil sardine (Sardinella longiceps) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella. It is one of the two most important commercial fishes in India (with the mackerel).[1] The Indian oil sardine is one of the more regionally limited species of Sardinella and can be found in the northern regions of the Indian Ocean. These fish feed on phytoplankton (diatoms) and zooplankton (copepods).[2]
- ^ Balan, V (1963). "Studies on the age and growth of the Oil Sardine Sardinella longiceps by means of scales" (PDF). Indian Journal of Fisheries: 663–686.
- ^ Whitehead, Peter J.P. (1988). Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Rome: United Nations Development Programme. pp. 104–105. ISBN 92-5-102667-X.