Spratelloides
Spratelloides is a genus of fish in the family Spratelloididae. They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. Some species are also valued as food in certain countries, like Spratelloides gracilis, known as kibinago in Japan.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Blue Sprat
speciesSpratelloides robustus
Slender Sprat
speciesSpratelloides gracilis
Blueback Sprat
speciesSpratelloides delicatulus
Spratelloides atrofasciatus
speciesSpratelloides atrofasciatus
Lewis' Sprat
speciesSpratelloides lewisi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92179.