Spratelloides delicatulus, the blue sprat, also known as the delicate round herring, blueback sprat, or piha, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Spratelloididae, the small round herrings. This species has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution and has been recorded off Tel-Aviv on the Mediterranean coast of Israel.[2]
Spratelloides delicatulus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Spratelloididae |
Genus: | Spratelloides |
Species: | S. delicatulus
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Binomial name | |
Spratelloides delicatulus (E. T. Bennett, 1832)
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edit- ^ Santos, M.; Buccat, F.G.A.; Villanueva, J.A.; et al. (2017). "Spratelloides delicatulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T98838439A98886938. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98838439A98886938.en. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Spartinelloides delicatulus". FishBase. June 2024 version.