delicate round herring

Spratelloides delicatulus

Seventeen Point Eight Centimeters Spratelloidid Fish of Indo Pacific

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
West Asia
Fusiform
Medium
Tropical fish

Spratelloides delicatulus, the blue sprat, also known as the delicate round herring, blueback sprat, or piha, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Spratelloididae, the small round herrings. This species has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution and has been recorded off Tel-Aviv on the Mediterranean coast of Israel.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Spratelloididae
Genus: Spratelloides
Maximum length: 17.8 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Society Islands (but not the Tuamoto and Marquesas islands), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Single specimen from eastern Mediterranean (Tel-Aviv, Israel).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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