Biology:Spratelloides robustus

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Short description: Species of fish

Blue sprat
FMIB 36168 Stolephorus robustus, Ogilby 2.jpeg
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S. robustus
Binomial name
Spratelloides robustus
J. D. Ogilby, 1897

Spratelloides robustus, the blue sprat, also known as the fringe-scale round herring, blue bait or blue sardine, is a type of sprat fish.[1]

Description and behavior

The Spratelloides robustus has no spine, but has 10–14 Dorsal soft rays, 9–14 Anal soft rays, and 46–47 vertebrae, and a W-shaped pelvic scute. The males can grow up to 12 centimetres (0.39 ft). They are oviparous.[2]

Distribution and habititat

The Spratelloides robustus mainly lives around southern Australia , at a range from the Dampier Archipelago to the south of Queensland, including Tasmania.[2]

Footnotes

Wikidata ☰ Q2753353 entry