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Sprattus muelleri (Stout sprat; New Zealand sprat)

Synonyms: Clupea muelleri
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Wikipedia Abstract

The New Zealand sprat, Sprattus muelleri, is a herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae found in the subtropical southwest Pacific Ocean endemic to New Zealand. It belongs to a genus Sprattus of small oily fish, usually known by their common name, sprats. Its depth range is from the surface to 110 m, and its length is up to 13 cm.
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Predators

Morus serrator (Australasian Gannet)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1DIET OF THE AUSTRALASIAN GANNET MORUS SERRATOR (G.R. GRAY) AROUND NEW ZEALAND, D.A. ROBERTSON, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1992) 16(2): 77-81
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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