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Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792)

European pilchard
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Sardina pilchardus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Turkey country information

Common names: Ateş balığı, Sardalya, Sardalya balığı
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Estimated yearly catch of 22,000 tons/year. Ranks third as the primary food source after anchovy and gray mullet (Ref. 74723). Found in central coast of Black Sea (Sinop and Samsun vicinity) (Ref. 88083). Also Ref. 188. Status of threat: Near Threatened (Ref. 58342).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bilecenoğlu, M., Taskavak E., S. Mater and M. Kaya, 2002
National Database: CLOMFOT

Common names from other countries

Sardine commune, Sardina europea, 沙丁鱼, ... more

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Alosidae (Shads and Sardines)
Etymology: Sardina: Latin and Greek, sarda = sardine; name related to the island of Sardinia (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Walbaum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

marien; zoet water; brak water; oceanodroom (Ref. 51243); diepte 10 - 100 m (Ref. 5286), usually 25 - 100 m (Ref. 54866).   Subtropical; 68°N - 14°N, 32°W - 43°E (Ref. 54866)

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