New Zealand sprat
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.
| New Zealand sprat | |
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| Subfamily: | Incertae sedis |
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| Species: | S. muelleri |
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| Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879) | |
Its depth range is from the surface to 110 m, and its length is up to 13 cm.
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Sprattus muelleri" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
External links
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