Meanings
nounsardinella (plural sardinellas or sardinella)
plural sardinellas
- Any fish of the genus Sardinella
The small pelagic fish like anchovies, sardines and sardinella are all abundant species in EBUEs where they all have pelagic egg distributions.
2015 October 15, “The Principles of Buoyancy in Marine Fish Eggs and Their Vertical Distributions across the World Oceans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
From the genus name.
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APA
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Chicago
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