piarda

[Galician] plural piardas

A name in Galicia for an Atlantic atherine which has found its way into the Mediterranean. A marine fish, usually deep-fried, it is a small, silvery fish similar to the argentine. When tiny it is treated in the same way as whitebait. This fish grows up to 18 cm.

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