name: Pacific Sardine

flavor_db_name_variants: pacific sardine

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Pacific sardine

id: 461

name_scientific: Sardinops sagax

description: The South American pilchard, Sardinops sagax, is a sardine of the Family Clupeidae, the only member of the genus Sardinops. It is found in the Indo-Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 40 cm. It has a number of other common names, some of which more appropriately refer to subspecies, including blue pilchard, Australian pilchard, blue-bait, Californian pilchard, Chilean sardine, Japanese pilchard, Pacific sardine, and Southern African pilchard.

itis_id: 161729

wikipedia_id: Pacific_sardine

picture_file_name: 471.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 27240

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:30:28.000Z

legacy_id: 498

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:43.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:25.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 28381

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00461