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How to differentiate mackerel from sardines
Compare to this questioner who has the same doubt as myself.

That is what is the difference between mackerel and sardines? Only the person who has answered this answer looked up the information poorly.

"Mackerel" rather than "mackerel" is not a difficult thing to determine is that freshwater fish and saltwater fish as long as we are not blind at a glance can be distinguished.

In fact, as long as they go to check the information to understand.

It is only the name of the Chinese text above the confusion

Mackerel Pneumatophorus japonicus

Persea, mackerel, mackerel

The body is stout and slightly compressed, fusiform, the general length of the body of 20 ~ 40 cm, weight 150 ~ 400 grams.

The head is large and conical, with large eyes, a large mouth, long upper and lower jaws, and a line of fine teeth in each, and teeth in the plow bone and hip bone.

The body is covered with fine round scales, the dorsum of the body is greenish-black or dark blue, and there are irregular dark blue worm-eaten lines above the level of the pectoral fins on both sides of the body.

The abdomen is white and slightly yellowish.

Two dorsal fins, far apart, the first dorsal fin spines 9 to 10, the second dorsal and anal fins are opposite each other, with five small fins above and below the rear; the caudal fin is y forked, with two elevated ridges on both sides of the base; the pectoral fins are light black, the anal fins light pink, and the other fins are yellowish.

Distribution in the western Pacific Ocean (from Baidu's encyclopedia) baike.baidu/view/24259#2_2

Sardine Sardine

Herring, Herringidae, Sardine, Sardine minor, Sardine simulacrum

Sardine is an elongated, silvery-colored minnow, with a short, single dorsal fin and no lateral line, and a head with no scales; the body length is about 15 to 30 centimeters (6 to 12 inches).

They live in dense schools and migrate along the coast, feeding on large amounts of plankton.

It spawns mainly in the spring, and the eggs and juveniles that hatch a few days later drift with the water until they metamorphose into free-swimming fish.

The Chinese sardines are mainly about 10 species of small sardines, with the golden sardine and the Jow's small sardine being the most productive.

(From Baidu Encyclopedia) baike.baidu/view/22153#2

Or you can *** look up the Latin name.

After all, the exclusive term is more accurate.

In fact, we can already tell that "mackerel" and "sardine" are two different kinds of fish.

As for which is more nutritious and tastier.

Please check the information in detail.

The following is a comparison of the pictures I found

This is a comparison of the two types of fish.