The White sardine (Escualosa thoracata), also known as Deep herring, Deep-bodied herring, Northern herring, and White herring, is a species of amphidromous sardine (family Clupeidae) in the genus Escualosa. It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1847. It is a tropical fish that can be found in Indo-West Pacific oceans from northern Indian Ocean to Thailand, Indonesia towards more east of Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.