The estimation of size in sardines (Sardina pilchardus) from amphorae in a wreck at Randello, Sicily

Large quantities of sardine ( Sardina pilchardus ) bones from amphorae in a wreck at Randello, Sicily, were examined. Methods of estimation of size of the fish represented using the lower jaw bone (dentary) and the gill cover (operculum) by comparison with those of modern fish are given. Both methods give comparable results; from dentaries 108–171 mm and from opercular bones 116–176 mm total length.