Biology:New Zealand sprat
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Short description: Species of fish
| New Zealand sprat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Genus: | Sprattus |
| Species: | S. muelleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879)
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The New Zealand sprat (Sprattus muelleri) is a herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae found in the subtropical southwest Pacific Ocean endemic to New Zealand. It belongs to a genus Sprattus of small oily fish, usually known by their common name, sprats.
Its depth range is from the surface to 110 m, and its length is up to 13 cm.
See also
References
- ↑ Gaughan, D.; Munroe, T.A.; Hata, H.; Mohd Arshaad, W. (2017). "Sprattus muelleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T98839582A98887018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98839582A98887018.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/98839582/98887018. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Sprattus muelleri" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2675064 entry
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