Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847

Angulo, Arturo, 2021, New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist, Zootaxa 5083 (1), pp. 1-72 : 22

Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 .

Round Sardinella, Spanish Sardine; Alacha, Sardina Española.

Distribution: Global: Atlantic Ocean; from Cape Cod, USA, to northern Argentina in the western Atlantic and from southern España to South Africa in the eastern Atlantic; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: To (Atlantic), 0– 3 m.a.s.l., Per, Dia. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, LC.

References: Angulo et al. (2013: 990, as Sardinella brasiliensis (Steindachner 1879) —missidentification; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 2939; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).