Spratelloides robustus

Blue sprat
Not Evaluated[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Spratelloides
Species: S. robustus
Binomial name
Spratelloides robustus
J. D. Ogilby, 1897

Spratelloides robustus, the blue sprat, also known as the fringe-scale round herring, blue bait or blue sardine, is a type of sprat fish.[2]

Description and behavior

The Spratelloides robustus has no spine, but has 10–14 Dorsal soft rays, 9–14 Anal soft rays, and 46–47 vertebrae, and a W-shaped pelvic scute. The males can grow up to 12 centimetres (0.39 ft). They are oviparous.[1]

Distribution and habititat

The Spratelloides robustus mainly lives around southern Australia, at a range from the Dampier Archipelago to the south of Queensland, including Tasmania.[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 "Spratelloides robustus summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. Fish.gov entry


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