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Sardine

The sardines or pilchards are several types of small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. The terms are not precise, and the usual meanings vary by region; for instance, to many people a "sardine" is a young European pilchard. (FishBase's list of common names shows at least six species called just "pilchard", over a dozen called just "sardine", and many more with the two basic names qualified by various adjectives.)

Canned "sardines" seen in supermarkets may actually be sprats or round herrings.

Genus Dussumeria

Rainbow sardine Dussumieria acuta
Slender rainbow sardine Dussumieria elopsoides

Genus Escualosa

Slender white sardine Escualosa elongata
White sardine Escualosa thoracata

Genus Sardina

European pilchard (true sardine) Sardina pilchardus

Genus Sardinella

Round sardinella (gilt sardine, Spanish sardine) Sardinella aurita

Genus Sardinops

South American pilchard (Pacific sardine, California sardine, Chilean sardine) Sardinops sagax

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