Species group · Bony fish

Sardines

WAnimals has 2 species of sardine, in the family Clupeidae.

2 species

1 family

54 countries

62 parks

Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.

All 2 species of sardines on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

2 Least Concern

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

Recorded in 54 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Its name comes from the island of Sardinia, where it was once very abundant.
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It is a key food for tuna, marine mammals and seabirds.
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It releases up to 60,000 eggs a spawning, in several batches.
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It forms huge shoals during the day that disperse at night.
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Its populations swing naturally in cycles of about sixty years tied to ocean conditions, quite apart from fishing pressure.
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