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Sprattus (Sprat)

Synonyms: Antu; Meletta; Spratella; Spratus

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Species

Sprattus antipodum (Sprat)
Sprattus arewhana
Sprattus fuegensis (chicken sprat) (Attributes)
Sprattus haleciformis
Sprattus muelleri (Stout sprat)
Sprattus novaehollandiae (Sprat)
Sprattus sprattus (Whitebait) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0