Author: Berry & Whitehead, 1968
FBname: Marquesan sardinella
Comments: Pelagic (Ref. 58302).  Forms schools in coastal waters.  Dominant species in beach seine hauls.  Used as tuna bait (Ref. 6822).  First reported case of clupeoid poisoning was in 1978 in the Hawaiian Is., probably caused by a planktonic dinoflagellate (Ref. 45133).