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WorldSardine
Small, oily forage fish in the herring suborder Clupeoidei.Herring · Coasts and shelves
Southeast AsiaWhite sardine
Small tropical clupeid fish of the Indo-Pacific.Herring · Coasts and shelves · 1847
🇿🇲 Zambia and 3 moreLake Tanganyika sardine
A freshwater clupeid fish native to Lake Tanganyika, now farmed and fished across Africa.Herring · Rivers and lakes
WorldSpotted sardinella
A small herring with golden spots found in the Indo-Pacific.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇮🇳 IndiaIndian oil sardine
Small commercial fish of the northern Indian OceanHerring · Coasts and shelves
WorldRainbow sardine
Small iridescent fish of the Indo-Pacific and Mediterranean.Herring · Coasts and shelves
South AsiaGoldstripe sardinella
Small tropical sardine found in Indo-Pacific reefs.Herring · Coasts and shelves
WorldRound sardinella
Small pelagic fish found in warm Atlantic and Mediterranean waters.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇲🇼 Malawi and 2 moreLake Malawi sardine
Small freshwater fish endemic to Lake MalawiOther · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇦 Morocco and 2 moreEuropean pilchard
Small schooling fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 morePeruvian anchoveta
Small Pacific fish vital for fishmeal and growing food useHerring · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United StatesAtlantic menhaden
A silvery herring species found along the North American Atlantic coast.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇬 Uganda and 2 moreSilver cyprinid
A small pelagic fish from Lake Victoria that supports regional food security.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇳🇴 Norway and 3 moreEuropean sprat
A small schooling fish in the herring family found across European seas.Herring · Coasts and shelves · 1758
WorldSardinops
A genus of sardines found in warm oceans worldwide.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇿🇲 Zambia and 4 moreKapenta
Small freshwater sardines from Lake Tanganyika, vital for food and economy in southern Africa.Herring · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Silver cyprinid: Boulenger, George Albert; Loat, L., Public domain, source
- Atlantic menhaden: ricofish, CC0, source
- Spotted sardinella: Gihan Jayaweera, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Peruvian anchoveta: Robbie N. Cada ., CC BY 3.0, source
- European pilchard: Gervais et Boulart, Public domain, source
- White sardine: Hariprasad Shetty10, CC0, source
- Lake Tanganyika sardine: Zimrh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sardine: TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋), CC BY 2.0, source
- Kapenta: Emesik, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- European sprat: andyjordan, CC BY 4.0, source
- Rainbow sardine: C. Achilles, Public domain, source
- Goldstripe sardinella: BEDO (Thailand), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sardinops: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Round sardinella: avnj, CC BY 4.0, source
- Indian oil sardine: Nithin bolar k, CC BY-SA 3.0, source