Clupea sprattus vs sardine

Clupea sprattus and sardine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Clupea sprattus	Yes	No	No	No
sardine	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sardine is a hypernym of Clupea sprattus; that is, sardine is a word with a broader meaning than Clupea sprattus:

Clupea sprattus: small herring processed like a sardine
sardine: any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned

Clupea sprattus (noun)	sardine (noun)
small herring processed like a sardine	any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
	small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
	small fatty fish usually canned
	a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony