pilchard
Any of various small, oily members of the herring family, Clupeidae, especially the commercial sardine of Europe Sardina pilchardus, and the California sardine Sardinops sagax.
In March 1995 a mystery virus or toxin began causing the deaths of millions of pilchards in the oceans south of Australia, killing adults over 12 cm/4.7 in long, but not appearing to harm fish feeding on the pilchards. In April a slick of dead pilchards 40 km/25 mi long was observed off Tasmania.
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