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Spanish sardine

Sardinella aurita

Photo by 1Sarah2
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27.7981, -82.7973

Field Notes

Description:

Small sardines schooling around a piling.

Habitat:

Coastal waters. This school was spotting by a piling on the FL gulf coast.

Reference Links:

Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847, Round Sardinella

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Comments (2)
1Sarah2
So many of them were blurry! They just seemed to love circling that piling!
LauraMaria
That's really cute! We did something similar on a trip, our lights enticed a big school of squid that were about the same size as those sardines! I like these photos :)

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Gulf Coast Oil Spill Impact

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PublishedJuly 15, 2011

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