Sardinops

Sardinops
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Alosidae
Genus:	Sardinops C. L. Hubbs, 1929
Species:	S. sagax
Binomial name
Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842)
Synonyms[2]
Clupea lata Richardson & Gray, 1843 Clupea sagax Jenyns, 1842 Arengus sagax (Jenyns, 1842) Sardinops sagax sagax (Jenyns, 1842) Clupea caerulea Mitchill, 1815 Sardina caerulea (Mitchill, 1815) Clupea melanosticta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 Sardinops melanostictus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Sardinops sagax melanosticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Sardinops melanosticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Sardinopus melanostictus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Clupea ocellata Pappe, 1853 Sardinops ocellata (Pappe, 1853) Sardinops ocellatus (Pappe, 1853) Meletta caerulea Girard, 1854 Clupanodon caeruleus (Girard, 1854) Sardinops caerulea (Girard, 1854) Sardinops caeruleus (Girard, 1854) Sardinops sagax caeruleus (Girard, 1854) Alosa musica Girard, 1855 Sardinops sagax musica (Girard, 1855) Alausa californica Gill, 1862 Clupea advena Philippi, 1879 Clupea neopilchardus Steindachner, 1879 Sardina neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879) Sardinops neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879) Sardinops sagax neopilchardus (Steindachner, 1879)

Sardinops is a monotypic genus of sardines of the family Alosidae. The only member of the genus is Sardinops sagax. It is found in the Indo-Pacific and East Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 40 cm (16 in). It has numerous common or vernacular names, some of which more appropriately refer to subspecies, including blue pilchard, Australian pilchard (S. s. neopilchardus), blue-bait, Californian pilchard (S. s. caeruleus), Peruvian Pacific sardine (S. s. sagax), South American pilchard, Chilean sardine (S. s. sagax), Japanese pilchard (S. s. melanostictus), Pacific sardine, and Southern African pilchard (S. s. ocellatus).