Sardina pilchardus Walbaum, 1792
Synonyms:
Clupea pilchardus Walbaum, 1792, in Artedi, Gen. pisc.: 38 (Cornwall, after Pennant, 1769).
Arengus minor Cornide, 1788, Ens. hist. peces Galicia: 91 (suppressed, Off. Ind. Rej. a. Inv. Spec. Names Zool., no. 8781).
Clupanodon sardina Risso, 1826, Hist. nat. Eur. mérid., 3: 452 (Nice).
Clupanodon pilchardus: Risso, 1826: 451.
Alosa senegalensis Bennett, 1831, Proc. Zool Soc. Lond., 1:147 (Atlantic coast of Northern Africa).
Clupea laticosta Lowe, 1843, Proc. Zool Soc. Lond., 11: 90 (Madeira).
Alausa pilchardus: Valenciennes, 1847 in, Cuv. Val., 20: 445-460, pl. 605.
Clupea pilchardus var. alpha sardina: Günther, 1868, Cat. Fish., 7: 440 (Dalmatia, Nice, Madeira).
Clupea pilchardus var. beta pilchardus: Günther, 1868, ibid.: 440 (Cornwall).
Alosa sardina: Moreau, 1881, 3: 458.
Clupea pilchardus: Day, 1883, 2: 224, pl. CXXXIX (fig. I-la) I Andersson, 1942: 256, fig. | Soljan, 1948: 249, fig. 250.
Sardina dobrogica Antipa, 1906, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-naturw. Kl., 78,1905 (1906): 42, pl. III (fig. 7-11) (an den Kusten Dobrogeas).
Sardina pilchardus: Regan, 1916, (8)18: 12 (Atlantic coast of Europe) | Chabanaud, 1926, 51(2): 158, fig. 1 | Fowler, 1936: 167, fig. 66 | Lozano Rey, 1947: 30, fig. 4, pl. 2 (fig. 2) | Poll, 1947: 136, fig. 89 | Andreu, 1953, (62): 3, fig. 1-391 Dieuzeide et al., 1959, 2: 23, fig. 24 | Svetovidov, 1964: 77, fig. 22 | Wheeler, 1969: 130, fig. | Tortonese, 1970: 93, fig. 37-39.
Sardina pilchardus sardina: Regan, 1916: 13 | Svetovidov, 1952: 189, fig. 2425, pl. VI (fig. 2), pl. XXXV | Banarescu, 1964: 233, fig. 102.
Sardina sardina: Chabanaud, 1926: 1958, fig. 2.
Common names:
sardin [Denmark]
Sardine [Germany]
european pilchard [UK and USA]
pilchard [UK and USA]
sardina [Spain]
sardina europea [Spain]
sardine [France and Belgium]
sardine commune [France and Belgium]
sardélla [Greece]
srdela [former Yugoslavia]
sardina [Italy]
pelser [Netherlands and Belgium]
sardien [Netherlands and Belgium]
sardin [Norway]
sardina [Russia]
sardin [Sweden]
sardalya [Turkey]