Sardinops

Description: English: Pacific sardines are blue-green on the back and have white flanks with 1 to 3 series of dark spots along the middle. Date: 5 May 2006. Source: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/species/sardine.htm. Author: NOAA.

Description: English: Adult Pacific, Sardinops sagax, sardines caught during NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center’s 2006 survey. These sardines were measured and weighed. Scientists also determined their reproductive status determined and collected otoliths (ear bones) for ageing studies. Date: 31 October 2011, 09:27:24. Source: NOAA FishWatch (see Gallery). Author: Unknown authorUnknown author.

Description: Sardinops sagax. Date: 1858. Source: Contributions to the fauna of Chile Charles Girard. Author: J. H. Richard.

Description: English: Sardinops neopilchardus (now known as Sardinops sagax) (Tas) : Pilchard, 1869, by Frank Edward Clarke. Purchased 1921. Te Papa (1992-0035-2278/49). Date: 1869. Source: https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1227225. Author: Frank Edward Clarke (1849–1899) . . Description: scientific illustrator, scientist and ichthyologist. Date of birth/death: 1849 1 July 1899 . Location of birth: Suffolk. Authority control: : Q20683957. creator QS:P170,Q20683957. Permission(Reusing this file): No Known Copyright Restrictions.

Description: English: Pacific sardine form large schools. They are caught with roundhaul gear, which encircles a specific school of fish with a net. Date:. Source: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/species/sardine.htm. Author: NOAA.

The South American pilchard, Sardinops sagax, is a sardine of the Family Clupeidae, the only member of the genus Sardinops, found in the indo-Pacific oceans. Their length is up to 40 cm. It has a number of other common names, some of which are for subspecies: blue pilchard, Australian pilchard, blue-bait, Californian pilchard, Chilean sardine, Japanese pilchard, Pacific sardine, and Southern African pilchard.