Sardines tau ntsib ntau yam teeb meem ntawm kev tsis meej pem thiab hloov pauv hauv khw muag khoom noj. Hauv Tebchaws Europe thiab lwm qhov, vim muaj kev nuv ntses ntau dhau thiab poob qis, cov khoom siv hloov pauv xws li herring, anchovies, thiab sprats tau raug mislabeled thiab muag li sardines. Qhov xwm txheej no tuaj yeem ua rau cov neeg siv khoom tsis meej pem thaum yuav khoom, tsis paub meej tias lawv puas yuav sardines tiag. Cov neeg tsim khoom tam sim no muaj lub luag haujlwm raws cai los qhia lub npe Latin ntawm cov ntses siv rau ntawm daim ntawv lo los pab cov neeg siv khoom txheeb xyuas lawv kom raug. Lub npe Latin rau sardines yog Sardina Pilchardus, thaum herring, anchovies, thiab sprats yog Clupea harengus, Engraulis encrasicolus, thiab Sprattus sprattus, feem. Qhov kev sau npe yuav tsum tau ua kom ntseeg tau tias cov neeg siv khoom tuaj yeem paub meej seb lawv puas yuav cov sardines tiag tiag lossis hloov pauv.

