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Pacific Sardine
Sardinops sagax
The Pacific sardine is a small, schooling fish found abundantly throughout the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Recognizable by its streamlined, silver body and faint dark spots along the sides, this fish often forms massive, dense schools near the ocean surface. Pacific sardines pla…
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- Pacific sardine populations can boom or crash dramatically due to oceanic climate cycles like El Niño and La Niña.
- Pacific sardines can travel in schools numbering in the millions, creating spectacular underwater displays. They filter-feed on plankton by swimming with their mouths open, straining food from the water. Their populations naturally fluctuate in cycles, impacting marine ecosystems and fisheries.
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