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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 Indian oil sardine (Sardinella longiceps) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sardinella. It is one of the two most important commercial fishes in India (with the mackerel ). [ 2 ] The Indian oil sardine is one of the more regionally limited species of Sardinella and can be found in the northern regions of the Indian Ocean.
One variant is called "sardines", in which only one person hides and the others must find him or her, hiding with him / her when they do so. The hiding places become progressively more cramped, like sardines in a tin. The last person to find the hiding group is the loser, and becomes the hider for the next round. A. M.
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Sardines from Akabane Station in Kita, Tokyo. Sardines (also known as pilchards) are a nutrient-rich, small, oily fish widely consumed by humans and as forage fish by larger fish species, seabirds and marine mammals. Sardines are a source of omega-3 fatty acids. Sardines are often served in cans, but can also be eaten grilled, pickled, or ...
The ilish (Tenualosa ilisha) (Bengali: ইলিশ, romanized: iliś), also known as the ilishi, hilsa, hilsa herring or hilsa shad, is a species of fish related to the herring, in the family Clupeidae.
Alternately, perhaps from mũg (मूँग), the name of the bean in Hindi, [33] which is not a Dravidian language. Orange, a citrus fruit, or a color named for the fruit; cognates exist in several Dravidian languages, [34] Tamil naaram (நாரம்) or Telugu naarinja (నారింజ) and others.
As its name suggests the Lake Tanganyika sardine was endemic to Lake Tanganyika extending into the lower reaches of the Malagarasi River.It was introduced to Lake Kivu in Rwanda in 1959 [4] and the man-made Lake Kariba in the Zambezi valley between Zambia and Zimbabwe, [1] and more recently into the Itezhi-Tezhi Dam in Zambia. [5]