taxonID	type	description	language	source
83FA3EA03A29A34C0FF8E450E7445066.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A species of Sardinella with the following combination of characters: caudal fin with black posterior margin; lateral body scales with centrally discontinuous vertical striae, and few perforations and pores posteriorly; 38 - 41 (modally 38) lateral scales in longitudinal series; body scales deciduous; black spot on dorsal-fin origin; pelvic fin with one unbranched and seven branched rays; gill rakers 40 - 53 (43) in upper series on 1 st gill arch, 71 - 84 (72) in lower series, 112 - 137 (118) in total; gill rakers 40 - 56 (42) in upper series on 2 nd gill arch, 70 - 94 (79) in lower series, 112 - 148 (115) in total; gill rakers 37 - 52 (42) in upper series on 3 rd gill arch, 57 - 75 (60) in lower series, 95 - 127 (99) in total; gill rakers 31 - 43 (35) in upper series on 4 th gill arch, 44 - 63 (48) in lower, 78 - 106 (80) in total; gill rakers 30 - 43 (34) on hind face of 3 rd gill arch; 17 or 18 (18) + 12 or 13 (13) = 29 - 31 (30) scutes on ventral edge of body; anal fin with 18 - 21 (20) rays; lower jaw rather short, 10.4 - 11.6 % of SL.	en	Hata, Harutaka, Motomura, Hiroyuki (2019): A new species of sardine, Sardinellapacifica from the Philippines (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae). ZooKeys 829: 75-83, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.30688, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.30688
83FA3EA03A29A34C0FF8E450E7445066.taxon	description	Description. Counts and measurements, expressed as percentages of SL, are given in Table 1. Data for the holotype are presented first, followed by paratype data in parentheses. Body oblong, compressed, deepest at dorsal-fin origin. Dorsal profile of body elevated from snout tip to dorsal-fin origin, thereafter decreasing to uppermost point of caudal-fin base. Ventral profile of body curved downward from lower-jaw tip to pelvic-fin insertion, thereafter rounded to ventralmost point of caudal-fin base. Abdomen from isthmus to anus with 30 (29 - 31) scutes. Predorsal scutes absent. Anteriormost point of pectoral-fin insertion anterior to posteriormost point of opercle. Upper, posterior and ventral margins of pectoral fin nearly linear. Posterior tip of pectoral fin pointed. Pectoral-fin axillary scale present. Posteriormost dorsal-fin ray not filamentous. Anteriormost point of pelvic-fin insertion located directly below origin of 8 th (7 th- 10 th) dorsal-fin ray. Posterior tip of depressed pelvic fin reaching between a vertical through posterior end of dorsal-fin base and anus. Pelvic-fin axillary scale present. Anal-fin origin posterior to vertical through posteriormost point of dorsal-fin base. Two posteriormost anal-fin rays enlarged. Caudal fin forked. Posterior tips of caudal-fin lobes pointed. Anus on ventral midline, slightly anterior to anal-fin origin, posterior to midpoint of body. Scales cycloid, thin, deciduous, except for robust ventral scutes. Scales on lateral body surface with several centrally discontinuous vertical striae, few perforations and pores posteriorly (Fig. 2). Bases of dorsal and anal fins with low scaly sheaths. Predorsal scales paired. No elongate, wing-like scales present beneath normal paired scales. No scales on head and fins, except for a broad triangular sheath of scales on caudal fin. Mouth terminal, small, posterior tip of maxilla not reaching vertical through anterior margin of iris. Premaxilla and hypomaxilla without teeth. Ventral margin of maxilla toothed. Lower jaw with several conical teeth anteriorly. Posterior ramus of lower jaw elevated. Second supramaxilla symmetrical. Orbit elliptical, eye and iris round. Eyes covered with adipose eyelid posteriorly. Interorbital space flat. Nostrils close to each other, anterior to orbit. Eight (8 - 10) on top of head. No lateral line. Gill rakers long, slender, with small asperities on anterior surface. Pseudobranchial filaments present. Gill opening with two fleshy outgrowths on posterior margin and a large papilla on ventral margin. Posterior margins of preopercle and opercle smooth.	en	Hata, Harutaka, Motomura, Hiroyuki (2019): A new species of sardine, Sardinellapacifica from the Philippines (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae). ZooKeys 829: 75-83, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.30688, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.30688
83FA3EA03A29A34C0FF8E450E7445066.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known only from the Philippines.	en	Hata, Harutaka, Motomura, Hiroyuki (2019): A new species of sardine, Sardinellapacifica from the Philippines (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae). ZooKeys 829: 75-83, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.30688, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.30688
83FA3EA03A29A34C0FF8E450E7445066.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name pacifica (in reference to the Pacific Ocean) is given to distinguish the species from S. fimbriata, with which it had been confused, and which is now considered to be restricted to the Indian Ocean.	en	Hata, Harutaka, Motomura, Hiroyuki (2019): A new species of sardine, Sardinellapacifica from the Philippines (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae). ZooKeys 829: 75-83, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.30688, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.30688
83FA3EA03A29A34C0FF8E450E7445066.taxon	materials_examined	Comparative material examined. Sardinella fimbriata (Valenciennes, 1847) (17 specimens, 89.7 - 123.6 mm SL): BMNH 1889.2.1.1778, 112.0 mm SL, Madras, India; BMNH 1889.2.1.1915 - 1916, 1 of 2 specimens, 97.9 mm SL, Orissa, India; BMNH 1889.2.1.1917, 99.5 mm SL, Akyab, Burma; CAS 41433, 2 specimens, 89.7 - 93.9 mm SL, Calicut, India; CAS 41434, 2 specimens, 94.2 - 97.2 mm SL, Ernakulam, Cochin, India; CAS 41435, 119.3 mm SL, Madras, India; MNHN 3227, lectotype of Spratella fimbriata, 118.2 mm SL, Malabar, India; USNM 276446, 121.8 mm SL, Cochin, Kerala, India; USNM 276447, 105.6 mm SL, Kovalam, Trivandrum, India; USNM 276449, 2 specimens, 108.7 - 114.6 mm SL, Vizhinam, Trivandrum, Kerala, India; USNM 276450, 4 specimens, 111.4 - 123.6 mm SL, Calicut, Kerala, India.	en	Hata, Harutaka, Motomura, Hiroyuki (2019): A new species of sardine, Sardinellapacifica from the Philippines (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae). ZooKeys 829: 75-83, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.30688, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.829.30688
