Biology:Silver-stripe round herring
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Short description: Species of small fish
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| Species: | S. gracilis
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| Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
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The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (Spratelloides gracilis) is a small, herring-like forage fish.[1] 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.[2]
Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)
Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks
Grilled kibinago
References
Wikidata ☰ Q3236464 entry
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