Pacific Sardine
(Sardinops sagax)
General data
Scientific names:
Pacific Sardine
Local names:
Blue pilchard, Australian pilchard, Californian pilchard, South American pilchard, Peruvian Pacific sardine, Chilean sardine, Japanese pilchard, Southern African pilchard
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climates:
Subtropical, Temperate
It is found in the Indo-Pacific ocean.
Its length is up to 40 cm (16 in).
It has numerous common or vernacular names, some of which more appropriately refer to subspecies, including blue pilchard, Australian pilchard (S. s. neopilchardus), blue-bait, Californian pilchard (S. s. caeruleus), Peruvian Pacific sardine (S. s. sagax), South American pilchard, Chilean sardine (S. s. sagax), Japanese pilchard (S. s. melanostictus), Pacific sardine, and Southern African pilchard (S. s. ocellatus).
