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 discussed in research is Sprattus sprattus, mostly because of its prevalence in the Baltic Sea.

References

• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)