Sprattus - Sprats

Classification

Genus: Sprattus - Sprats
Family: Clupeidae - Clupeids
Order: Clupeiformes - Herrings
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

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:

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)

Species

European sprat
(Sprattus sprattus)

New Zealand blueback sprat
(Sprattus antipodum)

Falkland sprat
(Sprattus fuegensis)

New Zealand sprat
(Sprattus muelleri)

Australian sprat
(Sprattus novaehollandiae)

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