{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Clupea sprattus.jpg | image_caption = European sprat, ''Sprattus sprattus sprattus'' | taxon = Sprattus | authority = Girgensohn, 1846 | type_species = ''Sprattus haleciformis'' | type_species_authority = Girgensohn, 1846<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Clupeidae|access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Genus list | Antu | de Buen, 1958 | Maugeclupea | Whitley, 1932 | Meletta | Valenciennes, 1847 | Spratella | Valenciennes, 1847 }} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = CofF/> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = }}
'''''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'' <small>(Hector, 1872)</small> (New Zealand blueback sprat) * ''Sprattus fuegensis'' <small>(Jenyns, 1842)</small> (Fueguian sprat) * ''Sprattus muelleri'' <small>(Klunzinger, 1879)</small> (New Zealand sprat) * ''Sprattus novaehollandiae'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1847)</small> (Australian sprat) * ''Sprattus sprattus'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (European sprat) **The most common species of sprat discussed in research is ''Sprattus sprattus'', mostly because of its prevalence in the Baltic Sea.
== References == {{Reflist}} * {{FishBase genus |genus = Sprattus | month = March | year = 2006}} * 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}}
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Category:Sprattus Category:Clupeidae Category:Marine fish genera