Common name: Japanese sardine, Japanese pilchard, Pacific sardine, Picton herring, Sardina, South American pilchard, Pacific american sardine, Southern African pilchard, Smig, Californian pilchard, Chilean sardine, Blue pilchard,  Blue-bait, California sardine, Chilean pilchard, Austral , Spotlined sardine, True sardine

Japanese name: Iwashi (鰯), Maiwashi (真鰯、真鰮)

Taiwan common name: 南美擬沙丁魚、鰮仔、沙丁魚、臭肉鰮 (臺東)、無鱗鰮仔 (澎湖)

Scientific name: Sardinops melanostictus (Temminck and Schlegel,1846)

Nigiri sushi detail: Japanese sardine (Iwashi) Nigiri sushi

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