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Pacific Sardine — scientific illustration for CDFW

Published on the CDFW Marine Species Portal. Signed C. makeyev.

Scientific illustration

Pacific Sardine

Sardinops sagax

Fishes CommercialRecreational
CDFW record
Scientific nameSardinops sagax
Other common namespilchard, California sardine, sardina
GroupFinfish
California rangeNorth Coast, Central Coast, South Coast
FisheryCommercial, Recreational
Gear usedHook and Line, Roundhaul Net
Management statusActive

Species facts on this page are the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's own record for Pacific Sardine, read from their Marine Species Portal. The illustration was painted for the Department.