Sprat is a name given to a number of small, herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae, notably in the genera Clupeonella and Sprattus. Family Clupeidae This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Genera Subfamily Dussumieriinae (round herrings) Dayella Dussumieria Etrumeus Gilchristella Jenkinsia Luisiella Sauvagella Spratelloides Spratellomorpha Subfamily Clupeinae Amblygaster Clupea Clupeonella Escualosa Harengula Herklotsichthys Lile Opisthonema Subfamily Alosinae (shads, menhadens) Alosa Brevoortia Caspialosa Ethmalosa Ethmidium Gudusia Hilsa Tenualosa Subfamily Pellonulinae Knightia Clupeichthys Clupeoides Congothrissa Corica Cynothrissa Ehirava Hyperlophus Laeviscutella Limnothrissa Microthrissa Odaxothrissa...
Binomial name Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) The European sprat is a small, herring-like, marine fish. ... Binomial name Clupeonella cultriventris (Nordmann, 1840) The Black Sea sprat, Clupeonella cultriventris, is a small fish of the herring family, Clupeidae. ...