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Card 89/142

Name

Sardina pilchardus

European pilchard

Framing

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Clupeiformes

Genus: Sardina

Species: pilchardus

Habitat

Marine. Pelagic. Neritic, moving closer to the coast during breeding.

Feeding

Free living. Gregarious, forms large shoals. Feeds on zooplankton

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Conservation status

Not threatened

Additional information

Laterally compressed body up to 27 cm long. Back bluish or greenish, flanks and belly silvery, with 6 to 8 black spots on the sides behind the head.

Additional information

Bibliography

- Corbera, J., Sabatés, A. y García- Rubios, A. (1996). Peces del Mar de la Península Ibérica. Planeta. 312 pp.- Lythgoe, J. & Lythgoe, G. (1991). Guía de los Peces de Mar del Atlántico Norte y del Mediterráneo.Omega. Barcelona. 256 pp.- Lloris, D. (2015). Ictiofauna marina. Manual de identificación de los peces marinos de la Península Ibérica y Baleares. Omega. 674 pp. Biblioteca del Departamento de Zoología