Australian sprat
Australian sprat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Clupeidae |
Subfamily: | Incertae sedis |
Genus: | Sprattus |
Species: | S. novaehollandiae |
Binomial name | |
Sprattus novaehollandiae (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847) | |
The Australian sprat, Sprattus novaehollandiae, is a sprat fish whose habitat ranges in the waters surrounding Australia including Tasmania. They can grow to 14 cm. Their depth range is from 0 to 50 m. They often enter estuaries.
References
- "Sprattus novaehollandiae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2005). "Sprattus novaehollandiae" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.
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