Growth parameters for Sardina pilchardus
 
Maximum Length 27.5cm SL
n = 68
Note that studies where Loo is very different (+/- 1/3) from Lmax are doubtful.
Lm vs Linf graph [n = 9]
Reproductive graph [n = 13]
M vs K graph [n = 5]
M vs Linf graph [n = 5]
Longevity vs 3/K graph [n = 7]
ø = 1.88
L inf = 19.9 cm FL
K = 0.2
Median record no. 35
57565Ref. 57565
Loo
(cm)		 Length Type K
(1/y)		 t0
(years)		 Sex M
(1/y)		 Temp° C Lm Ø' Country Locality Questionable Captive
15.0 FL 0.593 -1.76 M 12.1 2.13 Türkiye Izmir Bay No No
16.1 TL 1.124 -0.02 2.46 Algeria Bou-Ismail Gulf Yes No
16.1 TL 0.706 0.01 2.26 Algeria No No
16.4 TL 0.557 -0.66 19.0 2.18 France Gulf of Lion No No
16.6 TL 0.399 -1.64 19.0 2.04 Greece Aegean (Oreos) No No
16.6 TL 0.565 -1.03 19.0 2.19 Spain Castellon No No
16.7 TL 0.483 -1.31 19.0 2.13 Greece Aegean Sea (Mitilini) No No
17.0 TL 0.699 -1.02 19.0 2.31 Italy Upper Adriatic (off Venedice) No No
17.0 TL 0.400 19.0 2.06 off Split No No
17.0 TL 0.600 17.5 2.24 Spain Mediterranean Coast, near Formentera No No
17.2 FL 0.273 -3.53 F 12.1 1.91 Türkiye Izmir Bay Yes No
17.4 TL 0.840 -0.57 2.41 Spain Alicante No No
17.6 FL 0.258 -2.00 M 1.90 Algeria Beni-Saf No No
18.0 TL 0.650 -0.67 2.32 Spain Valencia No No
18.1 TL 0.300 -3.21 19.0 1.99 Greece Aegean and Ionian Seas Yes No
18.2 TL 0.700 -0.94 2.37 France Lion Gulf No No
18.3 TL 0.379 M 2.10 Algeria Oran No No
18.5 TL 0.371 M 2.10 Algeria Alger No No
18.7 TL 0.282 -1.99 M 0.34 18.9 11.9 1.99 Algeria Algerian coasts No No
18.8 TL 0.380 -2.30 2.13 Italy Northern Adriatic (GSA 17) No No
18.9 TL 0.464 M 2.22 Algeria Algerian coasts No No
18.9 TL 0.341 -1.05 M 19.0 2.09 France Gulf of Lion No No
19.0 TL 0.360 -1.21 M 19.0 14.2 2.11 Tunisia No No
19.0 TL 0.400 11.0 2.16 France Bay of Biscay No No
19.0 TL 0.352 F 2.10 Algeria Alger No No
19.1 TL 0.349 2.10 Spain Alboran Sea No No
19.2 TL 0.280 M 2.01 Algeria Beni-Saf No No
19.2 TL 0.345 F 2.10 Algeria Oran No No
19.4 TL 0.430 -0.82 F 19.0 14.7 2.21 Tunisia No No
19.4 TL 0.310 0.42 19.3 2.07 Spain Castellon No No
19.5 TL 0.390 -0.48 2.17 Greece Aegean Sea (GSA 22) No No
19.6 TL 0.310 19.0 2.08 Spain Castellon No No
19.9 TL 0.930 -0.32 2.57 Spain Vera Gulf No No
19.9 TL 0.360 -1.09 16.0 2.15 France Sète (French Mediterranean Coast) No No
19.9 FL 0.191 -2.34 F 1.88 Algeria Beni-Saf No No
20.0 TL 0.320 M 13.0 2.11 France Loire to Gironde Mouths, Biscay No No
20.1 TL 0.405 -1.86 19.0 2.21 Spain Alicante (Altea) No No
20.2 TL 0.270 -2.26 2.04 Algeria Beni-Saf No No
20.3 TL 0.306 -1.54 19.0 2.10 Spain Vinaroz-Castellon-Columbretes No No
20.3 TL 0.256 F 0.29 18.9 12.6 2.02 Algeria Algerian coasts No No
20.4 TL 0.311 -1.16 F 19.0 2.11 France Gulf of Lion No No
20.4 TL 0.272 -2.21 19.0 2.05 Spain Barcelona No No
20.5 TL 0.460 -0.50 19.0 14.0 2.29 Italy Central Adriatic Sea No No
20.5 TL 0.260 F 2.04 Algeria Beni-Saf No No
20.7 TL 0.690 -0.64 2.47 Spain Alboran Sea No No
20.8 TL 0.860 2.57 Greece N. W. Aegean Sea No No
20.9 TL 0.529 -1.11 19.0 2.36 Spain Alicante (Torrevic.) No No
21.2 TL 0.390 18.2 2.24 Spain Baleares Is., Mediterranean, Div. 37.1.6 No No
21.2 TL 0.680 22.0 2.49 Morocco No No
21.3 TL 0.255 -2.79 2.06 Morocco Yes No
21.4 TL 0.400 2.26 Italy South of Sicily (GSA 16) No No
21.6 TL 0.820 -0.13 22.0 15.4 2.58 Morocco Northwest Africa (27°-29°N) Yes No
21.6 TL 0.490 0.50 14.0 15.4 2.36 Morocco No No
21.8 TL 0.273 -2.93 2.11 Morocco Yes No
22.1 TL 0.258 2.10 Spain Balearic Islands No No
22.2 TL 0.256 2.10 Morocco Al Hoceima No No
22.4 TL 0.670 17.5 2.53 Portugal Yes No
22.4 TL 0.290 19.0 2.16 Spain Alicante No No
22.5 TL 0.330 -1.81 19.0 2.22 Spain Formentera No No
22.6 TL 0.370 M 19.0 2.28 Spain Galicia No No
22.6 TL 0.259 F 2.12 Algeria Algerian coasts No No
24.1 TL 0.340 F 19.0 2.30 Spain Galicia No No
24.1 TL 0.250 -2.66 2.16 Spain Western Mediterranean (GSA 1 and 6) No No
24.3 TL 0.430 19.0 2.40 Spain Galicia No No
25.0 TL 0.500 12.0 2.49 UK North Sea/Channel Yes No
25.0 TL 0.250 F 13.0 2.19 France Loire to Gironde Mouths, Biscay Yes No
25.2 TL 0.230 22.0 2.16 Morocco Yes No
28.4 TL 0.230 0.32 2.27 Spain Bay of Biscay-Iberian waters, 2000-2005 No No
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