Food: Sardine [edit]

Other Names: 沙丁鱼 (Chinese), السردين (Arabic), Sardinha (Portuguese), Sardina (Spanish), Сардины (Russian) All Translations

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Sardines, or pilchards, are a group of several types of small, oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. Sardines were named after the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, where they were once in abundance. The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise, and the usual meanings vary by region; for instance, to many people a ''sardine'' is a young European pilchard. A generalisation is that if the fish is under long it is classed as a sardine, and if larger than 4″ it is classed as a pilchard. Though the measurements are imprecise a sardine is smaller than , and if larger, a pilchard, but may also be a sardine. The FAO/WHO Codex standard for canned sardines cites 21 species that may be classed as sardines; FishBase, a comprehensive database of information about fish, lists at least six species called just “pilchard,” over a dozen called just “sardine,” and many more with the two basic names qualified by various adjectives. As a food, sardines are rich in minerals. They can be consumed in a variety of ways—grilled, pickled, or smoked, to name three—though canned sardines are most popular worldwide.