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Sardine

Published Online February 7, 2006

Last Edited May 22, 2014

Sardine, name applied to various small fishes packed in oil.

Sardine, name applied to various small fishes packed in oil. The true sardine from France, Spain and Portugal is usually the young pilchard. In Canada small herring are used.

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