Spratelloides
| Spratelloides | |
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| Spratelloides robustus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Subfamily: | Dussumieriinae
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| Genus: | Spratelloides Bleeker, 1851
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Spratelloides is a genus of fish in the family Clupeidae. They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. Some species are also valued as food in certain countries, like Spratelloides gracilis, known as kibinago in Japan.
Species[]
The recognized species in this genus are:
- L. P. Schultz, 1943 (small-banded round herring) [1]
- Spratelloides delicatulus (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (delicate round herring)
- Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (silver-stripe round herring)
- , 1983 (Lewis' round herring)
- Spratelloides robustus J. D. Ogilby, 1897 (fringe-scale round herring)
References[]
- ^ Ishimori, H., Hidaka, K., Yamamuro, T. & Yoshino, T. (2015): Spratelloides atrofasciatus Schultz, 1943, a valid species of round herring (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae). Zootaxa, 4028 (4): 527–538.
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- Clupeidae
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