Silver-stripe round herring
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Species: | S. gracilis
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Spratelloides gracilis |
The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (Spratelloides gracilis) is a small, herring-like forage fish.[1] They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. It is valued as food in Japan, where it is known as kibinago. These can be eaten raw, as sashimi, or cooked, as whitebait.[2]
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Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)
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Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks
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Grilled kibinago
References
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- ^ Fish.gov entry Archived 2007-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kibinago at kuro-usagi.net