sprat is a small silvery marine food fish of the sardine family clupea harengus.
sprat is a small silvery marine food fish of the sardine family clupea harengus.
small silvery marine food fish of the sardine family clupea harengus?
sprat
bullet::::- "atherina hepsetus" – mediterranean sand smelt









































bullet::::- "mugil" (mullet)









































bullet::::- "mugil cephalus" – flathead mullet









































bullet::::- "exocoetus" (flying fishes)









































bullet::::- "exocoetus volitans" – tropical two-winged flying fish









































bullet::::- "polynemus" (threadfins)









































bullet::::- "polynemus quinquarius" – "pentanemus quinquarius"









































bullet::::- "polynemus virginicus" – polydactylus virginicus"









































bullet::::- "polynemus paradiseus" – paradise threadfin









































bullet::::- "clupea" (herring, hatchetfishes, & kin)









































bullet::::- "clupea harengus" – atlantic herring









































bullet::::- "clupea sprattus" – european sprat









































bullet::::- "clupea alosa" – allis shad









































bullet::::- "clupea encrasicolus" – european anchovy









































bullet::::- "clupea thrissa" – "clupanodon thrissa"









































bullet::::- "clupea sima"









































bullet::::- "clupea sternicla" – common hatchetfish









































bullet::::- "clupea mystus" – "coilia mystus"
pisces in the 10th edition of systema naturae
the species of "clupea" belong to the larger family clupeidae (herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens), which comprises some 200 species that share similar features. they are silvery-colored fish that have a single dorsal fin, which is soft, without spines. they have no lateral line and have a protruding lower jaw. their size varies between subspecies: the baltic herring ("clupea harengus membras") is small, 14 to 18 centimeters; the proper atlantic herring ("c. h. harengus") can grow to about and weigh up ; and pacific herring grow to about .









































section::::ecology.
clupea