APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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European pilchard or Sardine
Sardina pilchardus
- sardine 1

European pilchard or Sardine
Sardina pilchardus
- sardine 2

Specimens above washed-up on the beach at Marazion, Cornwall, 12.09.11, as a result of fishing. There is a large fishery in Mounts Bay dedicated to 'Cornish Sardines'.

European pilchard or Sardine
Sardina pilchardus
- scale 1

European pilchard or Sardine
Sardina pilchardus
- scale 2

European pilchard or Sardine
Sardina pilchardus
- scale 3

Numerous scales were found in sieved sediment samples taken from the shallow sublittoral west of Long Rock, 17.09.20. Fish expert Douglas Herdson believes the scale above has come from a 4-6 year old specimen, which is quite old for the species.

European pilchard or Sardine
Sardina pilchardus
- sardines stored in ice 1

European pilchard or Sardine
Sardina pilchardus
- sardines stored in ice 2

European pilchard or Sardine
Sardina pilchardus
- sardines in display 1

'Cornish Sardines' at the Newlyn Fish Festival, Newlyn, Cornwall. 29.08.11. The fish in the image formed part of a display by Duncan and Sue Lucas of Passionate About Fish Ltd.

Scientific and European Names:
Sardina pilchardus, European pilchard, Pilchard, Sardine, Sardin, Pelser, Sardien, Sardina, Sardinopa, Sardiner, Sardalya and Pennog Mair.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.