Sprattus
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European sprat, Sprattus sprattus sprattus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Clupeidae |
Subfamily: | Clupeinae |
Genus: | Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846 |
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
[edit]- 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 that is discussed in research is the Sprattus sprattus, mostly because of its prevalence in the Baltic Sea.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Sprattus in 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