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Common Name: Marquesan sardine
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: This species was presumed to be Harengula vittata, but subsequently described as a new species, Sardinella marquesensis in 1968 by Berry and Whitehead (see Randall 1987).
Native Range:
Endemic to the Marquesas (Mundy 2005).
Nonindigenous Occurrences:
Introduced to Hawaii in 1955-1958. Established in the marine waters off the islands of Oahu, Kaunai, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Kahoolawe (Mundy 2005).
Ecology:
Pelagic over shallow coastal waters (Mundy 2005).
Means of Introduction: Stocked. Transported to Oahu during seven research vessel cruises from the Marquesas during 1955 to 1958.
Status: Established on all islands of Hawaii (Mundy 2005).
Impact of Introduction:
Unknown.
Remarks: In 1978 a fisherman in Kaua'i died of clupeoid poisining after eating three Marquesan sardines (Randall 1987).
Mundy, B. C. 2005. Checklist of Fishes of the Hawiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology, Number 6.
Randall, J. E. 1987. Introductions of marine fishes to the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of Marine Science 41: 490-502.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pamela J. Schofield
Revision Date: 4/20/2006 Citation for this information:
Pamela J. Schofield. 2009. Sardinella marquesensis. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=497> Revision Date: 4/20/2006
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