Pacific sardine
Sardinops sagax
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Family
- Alosidae
- Genus
- Sardinops
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 8 countries and 5 regions.
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 139 records
- South Australia, Australia - 2 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 740 records
- Victoria, Australia - 147 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 24 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 777 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 279 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 9 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 26 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 20 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 30 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 21 records
- Alaska, United States - 88 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 23 records
- Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 8 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 1 records