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