Sardina pilchardus
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126421 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792)
class: Teleostei
family: Alosidae
genus: Sardina
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Antipa, G. (1904). Die Clupeinen des westlichen Teiles des Schwarzen Meeres und der Donaumündungen. Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 41(19): 299-303.
name published in: Artedi, P.; Linnaeus, C. V.; Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi Sueci Genera piscium : in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis : redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52 : Ichthyologiae.
name published in: Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429.
name published in: Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. Déterville, Paris. Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
name published in: Lowe, R.T. (1843). Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (pt 11): 81-95.
name published in year: 1904
name published in year: 1792
name published in year: 1795
name published in year: 1829
name published in year: 1843
order: Clupeiformes
parent name usage ID: 125720
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Walbaum, 1792)
specific epithet: pilchardus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted