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