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Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Classification

Family
Clupeidae

Sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish belonging to the genus Sprattus in the family Clupeidae. The term also is applied to a number of other small sprat-like forage fish (Clupeoides, Clupeonella, Corica, Ehirava, Hyperlophus, Microthrissa, Nannothrissa, Platanichthys, Ramnogaster, Rhinosardinia, and Stolothrissa). Like most forage fishes, sprats are highly active, small, oily fish.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Belgium · 5,196Netherlands · 1,001United Kingdom · 723Germany · 126France · 94Spain · 25