Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,012 meters (0 to -19,724 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Clupeiformes
()
- Suborder:
Clupeoidei
()
-
- Suborder:
Clupeoidei
(
- Order:
Clupeiformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Sardinops
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. caerulea (Pacific American Sardine) · S. caeruleus (Pacific American Sardine) · S. melanostictus (Japanese Pilchard) · S. neopilchardus (Australian Pilchard) · S. ocellata (Southern African Pilchard) · S. ocellatus (Southern African Pilchard) · S. sagax (Australian Pilchard) · S. sagax melanostricta (Australian Pilchard) · S. sagax sagax (South American Pilchard)
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10159553
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13815978
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2384655
Footnotes
- Mean = -224.570 meters (-736.778 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,189.730 based on 2,249 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
