| Sardinops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Alosidae |
| Genus: | Sardinops C. L. Hubbs, 1929 |
| Species: | S. sagax
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| Binomial name | |
| Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842)
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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).
- ^ Gaughan, D.; Di Dario, F.; Hata, H. (2019) [errata version of 2018 assessment]. "Sardinops sagax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T183347A143831586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T183347A143831586.en. Retrieved 22 September 2021.