CLUPEIDS
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Indian oil sardine
Trade Name | Indian oil sardine |
Scientific name | Sardonella longiceps |
French | Sardinella |
Gear used | Boat seine, Purse seine and Gill net |
Peak season | August to December |
Distribution | South-West coast of India |
Areas of abundance | Kerala and Karnataka coasts |
Deep bodied sardinella
Trade name | Deep bodied sardinella |
Scientific Name | Sardinella brachysoma |
French | Sardinella |
Gear used | Boat seine, Purse seine and Gill net |
Peak season | August to December |
Distribution | South-West coast of India |
Areas of abundance | Kerala and Karnataka coasts |
Hilsa Ilisha
Trade Name | Hilsa Ilisha |
Scientific Name | Tenulosa ilisha |
Gear used | Dol net, Boatseine and Gill net |
Peak season | August to December and February to May |
Distribution | North-West and North-East coasts of India |
Areas of abundance | Maharashtra, Gujarat and Orissa coasts |
Commersons’s anchovy
Trade Name | Commersons’s anchovy |
Scientific Name | Stolephorus comersonnii |
French | Anchois |
Japanese | Katakuchiiwashi |
Spanish | Anchoa |
Gear used | Boat seines and Gill net |
Peak season | October to April |
Distribution | East and West coasts of India |
Areas of abundance | Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala coasts |