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FISH SPECIES
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Sardine: Sardines or pilchards are a group of 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. The Sardine, or Flatiron
Herring, has a moderately deep body, iridescent blue back, silver
sides, and a characteristic and identifying black spot just behind
the top of the gill cover. The Sardine, or Flatiron Herring also has
a faint yellow stripe on the upper side, anal fin with a short base,
pelvic fins directly under the dorsal fin, and pectoral fins that
reach the dorsal fin origin. The Sardine, or Flatiron Herring,
cannot be easily confused with any other sardine or herring due to
its wide body and lack of elongated dorsal fin rays. It reaches a
length of 7 inches and is virtually weightless. It is normally found
in the first 30 feet of the water column in massive schools over
sandy bottoms. Source: wikipedia.org, Copyright (c) 2009.
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