Biology:Spratelloides robustus
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Short description: Species of fish
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| Species: | S. robustus
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| Spratelloides robustus J. D. Ogilby, 1897
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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
- ↑ Fish.gov entry
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Spratelloides robustus summary page". http://www.fishbase.org/summary/1460. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q2753353 entry
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