New Zealand blueback sprat
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| Sprattus antipodum (Hector, 1872) |
The New Zealand blueback sprat, Sprattus antipodum, is a herring-like, marine fish of the family Clupeidae found in the waters around New Zealand, between latitudes 37° S and 48° S, and longitude 166° E and 180° E, to depths of up to 50 m. Its length is up to 12 cm.
The species schools in coastal waters primarily on the bottom or midwater, with shoals of fish seen on the surface usually only in summer. It is fished mainly in subsistence fisheries and occasionally used as fishing bait.
[edit] References
- "Sprattus antipodum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
[edit] Bibliography
- Armitage, R.O.; D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul, Editors (1994). Guide book to New Zealand commercial fish species. Revised edition. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Fishing Industry Board.
