Sprattus

Taxobox
name = Sprattus


image_width = 210px
image_caption = European sprat, "Sprattus sprattus sprattus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Clupeiformes
familia = Clupeidae
genus = "Sprattus"
genus_authority = Girgensohn, 1846
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Sprattus" is a Genus of small oily fish of the Family Clupeidae. They are commonly fried and eaten in British cuisine [http://thefoody.com/mrsbfish/sprats.html] .

Species

* New Zealand blueback sprat, "Sprattus antipodum" (Hector, 1872)
* Fueguian sprat, "Sprattus fuegensis" (Jenyns, 1842)
* New Zealand sprat, "Sprattus muelleri" (Klunzinger, 1879)
* Australian sprat, "Sprattus novaehollandiae" (Valenciennes, 1847)
* Baltic sprat, "Sprattus sprattus balticus" (Schneider, 1908)
* European sprat, "Sprattus sprattus sprattus" (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Blue sprat, "Spratelloides robustus" (Ogilby, 1897)
* Sandy sprat, "Hyperlophus vittatus" (Castelnau, 1875)
* Slender sprat, "Spratelloides gracilis" (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
* Glassy sprat, "Hyperlophus translucidus" (McCulloch, 1917)

References

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* 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