Silver-stripe round herring

Silver-stripe round herring
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Spratelloididae
Genus:	Spratelloides
Species:	S. gracilis
Binomial name
Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (Spratelloides gracilis) is a small, herring-like forage fish. ^[2] They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. It is valued as food in Japan, where it is known as kibinago. These can be eaten raw, as sashimi , or cooked, as whitebait. ^[3]

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  Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)
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  Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks
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  Grilled kibinago

References

1. Priede, I.G.; Santos, M.; Gapuz, A.V.; Lanzuela, N.; Buccat, F.G.A.; Lopez, G.; Villarao, M.C.; Doyola, M.C.; Deligero, R.; Hata, H.; Alcantara, M.; Gatlabayan, L.V.; Tambihasan, A.M.; Villanueva, J.A.; Parido, L.; Belga, P.B. (2017). "Spratelloides gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T154759A102899206. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T154759A102899206.en . Retrieved 25 March 2024.
2. Fish.gov entry Archived 2007-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
3. Kibinago at kuro-usagi.net