Pacific Sardine

• It forms huge shoals during the day that disperse at night.
• Its populations swing naturally in cycles of about sixty years tied to ocean conditions, quite apart from fishing pressure.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bony fish)

Habitat and environment

Coastal and neritic waters of the Indo-Pacific and the eastern Pacific, from the surface to 200 m, at temperatures of 9 to 21 °C

Sexual maturity

2.2 years

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Sardinops sagax

The pins mark the parks and dive sites where its presence is documented.