| Sprattus | |
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| European sprat, Sprattus sprattus sprattus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Genus: | Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| Sprattus haleciformis Girgensohn, 18461
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Sprattus is a genus of small oily fish of the family Clupeidae. They are more usually known by their common name, sprats. There are five species in the genus.
Species
- Sprattus antipodum (Hector, 1872) (New Zealand blueback sprat)
- Sprattus fuegensis (Jenyns, 1842) (Fueguian sprat)
- Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879) (New Zealand sprat)
- Sprattus novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1847) (Australian sprat)
- Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) (European sprat)
- The most common species of sprat discussed in research is Sprattus sprattus, mostly because of its prevalence in the Baltic Sea.
References
References
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Clupeidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sprattus". FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8