Species group · Bony fish
Sardines
WAnimals has 2 species of sardine, all in the family Clupeidae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 54 countries
- 62 parks
- Weight
- 20 g – 267 g
- Length
- 20 cm – 39.5 cm
- Lifespan
- 10 – 14 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of sardines on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 54 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
- Al Hoceima1 species
- Alonissos y Esporadas del Norte1 species
- Archipielago de Cabrera1 species
- Arcipelago Toscano1 species
- Arrábida1 species
- Asinara1 species
- Bahía de Loreto1 species
- Banc d'Arguin1 species
- Beydağları1 species
- Brijuni1 species
- Burren1 species
- Cabo de Gata-Níjar1 species
- Aliwal Shoaldiving
- Amorgos (pecio Le Grand Bleu)diving
- Bahía de Kotordiving
- Boa Vistadiving
- Bodrum (pecio del avión)diving
- Bosque de Kelp de Ciudad del Cabodiving
Did you know…
Its name comes from the island of Sardinia, where it was once very abundant.
From Pilchard
It is key food for tuna, marine mammals and seabirds.
From Pilchard
It releases up to 60,000 eggs a spawning, in several batches.
From Pilchard
It forms huge shoals during the day that disperse at night.
From Pacific Sardine
Its populations swing naturally in cycles of about sixty years tied to ocean conditions, quite apart from fishing pressure.
From Pacific Sardine