Small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae. Wikipedia

The European pilchard is a species of ray-finned fish in the monotypic genus Sardina. Wikipedia

Small, oily fish related to the herring, family Clupeidae Wikipedia Disambiguation

Sardina pilchardus, true sardine Wikipedia Disambiguation

Species of fish Wikidata

Common names used to refer to various small, oily forage fish within the herring family of Clupeidae Wikidata

Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food. OmegaWiki

Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. Wiktionary

A cigar-shaped fish with a short dorsal fin and forked tail. Wiktionary (translation)

Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn. Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine Sardinops sagax (syn. Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden. Wiktionary