Baltic sprat
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| Baltic sprat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Subfamily: | Incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Sprattus |
| Species: | S. sprattus balticus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Sprattus sprattus balticus (Schneider, 1908) |
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The Baltic sprat, Sprattus sprattus balticus is a herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found in northeast Atlantic Ocean and most of the Baltic Sea, excluding the Bothnian Bay and eastern Gulf of Finland. Its length is up to 16 cm.
Young sprats are commonly known as brisling.
Canned sprats (usually smoked) are available in many north European countries, including the Baltic States, Scandinavia, Germany, Poland and Russia. They are an important Latvian export.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Sprattus sprattus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Sprattus sprattus balticus" in FishBase. February 2009 version.
