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SpeciesClupeiformesClupeidae
Fish

🐟European sprat

Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)

黍鯡為輻鰭魚綱鲱形目鲱科的其中一種，分布於東大西洋區，包括北海、波羅的海、地中海、黑海及亞速海海域，棲息深度10-150公尺，體長可達16公分，棲息在沿海、河口區，為迴游性魚類，以浮游生物為食，可做為食用魚。

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Also called
sprat
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.12 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
6 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the European sprat

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length
0.12 mrecord 0.16 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
6 yearsrecord 6 years · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
3.01
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.01 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
reports of ciguatera poisoning
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for European sprat yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderClupeiformes
  4. ›familyClupeidae
  5. ›genusSprattus
  6. ›speciesSprattus sprattus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderClupeiformes
  3. suborderClupeoidei
  4. genusSprattus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderClupeiformes
  10. suborderClupeoidei
  11. genusSprattus
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brisling (nb), Europäische Sprotte (de), kilohaili (fi), sprat (fr), sprot (nl), Szprot (pl) … and 20 more languages
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