Spratelloides delicatulus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Spratelloididae |
Genus: | Spratelloides |
Species: | S. delicatulus |
Binomial name | |
Spratelloides delicatulus (E. T. Bennett, 1832) | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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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. [2]