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Sardines, anchovies, most aquarium fish and many reef fish. 175 fish.

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🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreJapanese anchovy Small schooling fish of the northwest PacificHerring · Coasts and shelves

WorldIndian anchovy Small schooling fish used for food and bait in the Indo-Pacific.Herring · Coasts and shelves

Southeast AsiaWhite sardine Small tropical clupeid fish of the Indo-Pacific.Herring · Coasts and shelves · 1847

🇳🇴 Norway and 3 moreEuropean sprat A small schooling fish in the herring family found across European seas.Herring · Coasts and shelves · 1758

South AsiaGoldstripe sardinella Small tropical sardine found in Indo-Pacific reefs.Herring · Coasts and shelves

🇮🇳 IndiaIndian oil sardine Small commercial fish of the northern Indian OceanHerring · Coasts and shelves

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Japanese anchovy: Kingfisher, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Indian anchovy: Xavier Romero-Frias, CC BY 3.0, source
White sardine: Hariprasad Shetty10, CC0, source
European sprat: andyjordan, CC BY 4.0, source
Goldstripe sardinella: BEDO (Thailand), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Indian oil sardine: Nithin bolar k, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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