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Sardinops

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Sardinops is a genus of sardines of the family Alosidae. Often considered monotypic with only member as Sardinops sagax, it currently has three valid species: Sardinops melanosticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Japanese pilchard) Sardinops ocellatus (Pappe, 1853) (Southern African pilchard) Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842) Sardinops sagax caeruleus (Girard, 1854) (Californian pilchard) Sardinops sagax musica (Girard, 1855) Sardinops sagax neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879) (Australian pilchard)

Species

マイワシ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderClupeiformes
  5. FamilyClupeidae
Habitatmarine
Observations557

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
136
With media
1
Family
Clupeidae
Collections
UCMP, YPM, IOP-SEMAR, CAS, IBUNAM, LACM
Recorded in
United States, Comoro Islands, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Clupeidae
Image
Sardine photo4 exp.jpg
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taxon common name
Сардинопс
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Sardinops
Commons category
Sardinops
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • South Australian sardine fishery
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  • See also
  • References
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Sardinops is a genus of sardines of the family Alosidae. Often considered monotypic with only member as Sardinops sagax, it currently has three valid species: Sardinops melanosticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Japanese pilchard) Sardinops ocellatus (Pappe, 1853) (Southern African pilchard) Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842) Sardinops sagax caeruleus (Girard, 1854) (Californian pilchard) Sardinops sagax musica (Girard, 1855) Sardinops sagax neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879) (Australian pilchard)

It is found in the Indo-Pacific, East Pacific, Southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian oceans. Its length is up to . It has numerous common or vernacular names, some of which more appropriately refer to subspecies, including blue pilchard, blue-bait, Peruvian Pacific sardine (S. s. sagax), South American pilchard, Chilean sardine, and Pacific sardine.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sardinops” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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