Thursday, June 7, 2018

SARDINE

SARDINE


* Sardines are small epipelagic fish that sometimes migrate along the coast in large schools.

* They are an important forage fish for larger forms of marine life.

* Sardines are small, silvery, elongated fishes with a single short dorsal fin, no lateral line, and no scales on the head.

* They range in length from about 15 to 30 cm (6 to 12 inches) and live in dense schools, migrating along the coast and feeding on plankton, of which they consume vast quantities.

* They spawn mainly in spring, with the eggs and, a few days later, the larvae drifting passively until they metamorphose into free-swimming fish.

* Sardines of any species are commercially fished for a variety of uses: for bait; for fresh fish markets; for drying, salting, or smoking; and for reduction into fish meal or oil. 

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