Fish of the Sardinella genus of the Dorosomatinae subfamily of the Clupeidae family of the Clupeiformes order of the Clupeomorpha superorder.
(Round sardinella. Photo © greekwildlife.gr)
Round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) was first described in 1847 by the French zoologist and ichthyologist Achille Valenciennes (1794 – 1865).
It is a pelagic schooling fish inhabiting the depths up to 350 meters. The maximum recorded length is 30 cm; specimens up to 25 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 230 grams. It mainly feeds on zooplankton.
(Round sardinella. Photo by © Mingru Chen. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea. It is an important target of commercial fishing.
Names of round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) in other languages are as follows:
Sardinela (Albanian), Oorsardientje (Dutch), Φρίσσα (Frissa) (Greek), Dakka (Hebrew), Alacha (Spanish), Alaccia (Italian), Goldsardine (German), Sardynela hiszpanska (Polish), Sardinela (Portuguese), Sardinela rotunda (Romanian), Алаша (Alasha), Круглая сардинелла (Kruglaya sardinella) (Russian), Sardela velika, Srdela golema, Srdela divlja (Serbian, Slovenian, Croatian), Yuvarlak sardalya (Turkish), Allache (French), Sardinka oblá (Czech).