Blueback Sprat
Spratelloides delicatulus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
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.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Family
- Spratelloididae
- Genus
- Spratelloides