The slender white sardine (''Escualosa elongata'') is a species of

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belonging to the

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in the genus ''

Escualosa ''Escualosa'' is a genus of fishes in the herring family, Dorosomatidae. The genus currently contains two described species. They are found in Indo-Pacific. Species * '' Escualosa elongata'' Wongratana, 1983 (Slender white sardine) * '' Escu ...

''.''Escualosa elongata''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Thosaporn Wongratana in 1983.Wongratana, T., 1983 (10 Mar.) [ref. 8265
''Diagnoses of 24 new species and proposal of a new name for a species of Indo-Pacific clupeoid fishes.''
Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 29 (no. 4): 385-407. It is a tropical fish which was discovered at a Sunday market in Bangkok, Thailand, though the two specimens (holotype: BMNH 1973.1.18.1; paratype: CUB (uncat. 1)''Escualosa elongata''
at www.fishwise.co.za.) were caught off the eastern coast of the

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. The sardines are known to swim at a maximum depth of 50 metres. The largest known

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for the species is 6.7 centimetres (2.64 inches). It is distinguished from its sister species, '' Escualosa thoracata'' (the white sardine) by having a slenderer body, earning it its common name, and also by a silver band on its flank.

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