Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.