What kind of fish is sardine?

Sardines, also known as mullet, sand brain mackerel, big belly mackerel, and South American sardines, are originally caught in Sardinia, Italy, and are distributed in isothermal marine areas at latitudes 6-20 degrees from north to south. They are mainly used for food, but fish can also be made into animal feed. Let's take a look at what sardines are.

What kind of fish is sardine?

Sardines are the genera of sardines, small sardines, sardines and some edible fishes of the family Herreridae. They are about 15-30 cm long, live in dense groups, migrate along the coast, feed on a large number of plankton, swim quickly, and usually inhabit the middle and upper layers, but in deeper sea areas when the surface water temperature is low in autumn and winter. Fishing generally uses light purse seine, drift Gill net, large pull net and set net and so on.

Migration habits of sardines

Sardines are warm water fishes in offshore waters, which are generally found in the open sea and oceans. In autumn and winter, adult fish live in deep water 70-80 meters away. In spring, when the coastal water temperature rises, schools of fish migrate inshore for reproduction. The larvae and larvae grow up along the coast and migrate northward with the warm current of the South China Sea in summer. The surface water temperature drops in autumn, so it migrates to the south. After October, when the fish body has grown to more than 150 mm, it gradually turns to the deeper sea area due to the decrease of coastal water temperature.

Distribution of producing area of sardines

1. Sardines: sardines are cluster migratory fishes. Distributed in the northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean coast, not produced in China.

2. Sardines in the far East: sardines are distributed in eastern Honshu, southwestern Kyushu, the Sea of Japan and the Strait of horses. California sardines are found along the coasts of California and western Canada. South American sardines are found along the coasts of Chile and Peru in South America, Australia and New Zealand, and South African sardines along the coasts of southern Africa, Angola and Namibia.

3. Small sardines: there are more than 20 species of small sardines, and 16 species are distributed in various sea areas of the western Pacific Ocean of India, such as long-headed sardines, golden sardines, scaly sardines and so on. There are three species in the eastern Pacific Ocean, namely, small sardines, Panamanian sardines and big-eyed sardines. There are also three species of sardines in the western Atlantic, namely, golden sardines, Brazilian sardines and Bermuda sardines. There are four species in the eastern Atlantic, namely, golden sardines, Madeira sardines, Ebah sardines and Cameroon sardines.