Sprattus is a Genus of small oily fish of the Family Clupeidae. They are commonly fried and eaten in British cuisine

Species

• New Zealand blueback sprat, Sprattus antipodum (Hector, 1872)
• Fueguian sprat, Sprattus fuegensis (Jenyns, 1842)
• New Zealand sprat, Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879)
• Australian sprat, Sprattus novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1847)
• Baltic sprat, Sprattus sprattus balticus (Schneider, 1908)
• European sprat, Sprattus sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Blue sprat, Spratelloides robustus (Ogilby, 1897)
• Sandy sprat, Hyperlophus vittatus (Castelnau, 1875)
• Slender sprat, Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
• Glassy sprat, Hyperlophus translucidus (McCulloch, 1917)

References

• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8