| Sardinops |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Actinopterygii |
| Order: |
Clupeiformes |
| Family: |
Alosidae |
| Genus: |
Sardinops
C. L. Hubbs, 1929 |
| Species: |
S. sagax |
| Binomial name |
Sardinops sagax
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| Synonyms |
- Clupea lata Richardson & Gray, 1843
- Clupea sagax Jenyns, 1842
- Arengus sagax (Jenyns, 1842)
- Sardinops sagax sagax (Jenyns, 1842)
- Clupea caerulea Mitchill, 1815
- Sardina caerulea (Mitchill, 1815)
- Clupea melanosticta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- Sardinops melanostictus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Sardinops sagax melanosticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Sardinops melanosticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Sardinopus melanostictus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Clupea ocellata Pappe, 1853
- Sardinops ocellata (Pappe, 1853)
- Sardinops ocellatus (Pappe, 1853)
- Meletta caerulea Girard, 1854
- Clupanodon caeruleus (Girard, 1854)
- Sardinops caerulea (Girard, 1854)
- Sardinops caeruleus (Girard, 1854)
- Sardinops sagax caeruleus (Girard, 1854)
- Alosa musica Girard, 1855
- Sardinops sagax musica (Girard, 1855)
- Alausa californica Gill, 1862
- Clupea advena Philippi, 1879
- Clupea neopilchardus Steindachner, 1879
- Sardina neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879)
- Sardinops neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879)
- Sardinops sagax neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879)
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Sardinops is a monotypic genus of sardines of the family Alosidae. The only member of the genus is Sardinops sagax. It is found in the Indo-Pacific and East Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 40 cm (16 in). It has numerous common or vernacular names, some of which more appropriately refer to subspecies, including blue pilchard, Australian pilchard (S. s. neopilchardus), blue-bait, Californian pilchard (S. s. caeruleus), Peruvian Pacific sardine (S. s. sagax), South American pilchard, Chilean sardine (S. s. sagax), Japanese pilchard (S. s. melanostictus), Pacific sardine, and Southern African pilchard (S. s. ocellatus).