Amblygaster clupeoides

Amblygaster clupeoides
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dorosomatidae
Genus: Amblygaster
Species:
A. clupeoides
Binomial name
Amblygaster clupeoides
Bleeker, 1849
Synonyms
  • Clupea clupeoides (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Sardinella clupeoides (Bleeker, 1849)

Amblygaster clupeoides, the Bleeker smoothbelly sardinella, blue pilchard, sharp-nosed pilchard, or sharpnose sardine, is a reef-associated marine species of sardinellas in the herring family Clupeidae. It is one of the three species of genus Amblygaster.