Sardina

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genus of fish species of fish taxon

Sardina is a genus of small, schooling marine fish commonly known as sardines, widely found in coastal waters and important in commercial fisheries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sardina pilchardus	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus of fish ⓘ species of fish ⓘ taxon ⓘ
behavior	schooling ⓘ schooling ⓘ
bodySize	small ⓘ
class	Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName	European pilchard ⓘ European sardine ⓘ sardines ⓘ
distribution	Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ northeast Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ widely distributed in coastal seas ⓘ
ecologicalRole	forage fish ⓘ forage fish ⓘ
economicImportance	commercial fisheries ⓘ commercial fisheries ⓘ
family	Clupeidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Clupeidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
genus	Sardina NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat	coastal waters ⓘ coastal waters ⓘ marine waters ⓘ marine waters ⓘ
hasSpecies	Sardina pilchardus NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
order	Clupeiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
reproduction	egg-laying ⓘ
skeletonType	bony fish ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ species ⓘ
trophicLevel	planktivorous ⓘ planktivorous ⓘ
usedFor	canned fish products ⓘ fresh seafood ⓘ human consumption ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clupeidae → notableGenus → Sardina ⓘ

Clupeidae → notableSpecies → Sardina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sardina pilchardus