Sprattus

Sprattus
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

• 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

• 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