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Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring suborder Clupeoidei. [2] The term 'sardine' was first used in English during the early 15th century; a somewhat dubious etymology says it comes from the Italian island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once supposedly abundant.
The silver cyprinid has a lake-wide distribution covering both inshore and offshore in Lake Victoria. It normally occurs between 0 and 20 m (0–66 ft) in depth, although both eggs and fry can be encountered as deep as 68 m (223 ft). The adult fish stay close to the bottom in daytime and rise up towards the surface at night.
Sardines have a short life-cycle, living only two or three years. Adult sardines, about two years old, mass on the Agulhas Bank where they spawn during spring and summer, releasing tens of thousands of eggs into the water. The adult sardines then make their way in hundreds of shoals towards the sub-tropical waters of the Indian Ocean. A larger ...
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Small oily fish like sardines have been a staple of the Greek diet since antiquity. Popular especially during the summer months of July and August, and praised as a high-quality healthy food source of protein and Omega-3 fatty acids, sardines are mostly consumed grilled with lemon and garlic, or cured in salt and olive oil (παστές, pastés).
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Slender rainbow sardines in Aceh. The native range of the slender rainbow sardine is in the tropical and subtropical portions of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.It is found from East Asia in the northeast, through Southeast Asia to northern Australia in the south, and through South Asia to eastern Africa, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea in the west.
The only other concern with canned sardines is the salt, as some varieties are high in sodium. "This will only pose a problem for those who need to limit sodium (for) kidney disease, high blood ...