1504 Sardinella brachysoma Bleeker, 1852 Dorosomatidae Gizzard shads and sardinellas Clupeiformes Teleostei Deepbody sardinella Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar (but apparently not elsewhere in the western Indian Ocean), Madras, Indonesia, northern Australia. Chan's Hong Kong and Taipei specimens were most likely <i>Sardinella hualiensis</i>. Occurrence in Thailand (Ref. 1632) needs to be confirmed. FB 2736825 Sardinella brachysoma AMNH 15877 1941 Sardinella brachysoma AMNH 32506 1964 Sardinella brachysoma