Spratelloides

Spratelloides
Spratelloides gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Clupeidae
Subfamily:	Dussumieriinae
Genus:	Spratelloides Bleeker, 1851
Species
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Kibinago sashimi.

Spratelloides is a genus of fish in the Clupeidae family.^[1]

They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. Some species are also valued as food in certain countries, like Spratelloides gracilis, known as kibinago in Japan.

Species

• Spratelloides delicatulus (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (Delicate round herring)
• Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Silver-stripe round herring)
• Spratelloides lewisi Wongratana, 1983 (Lewis' round herring)
• Spratelloides robustus J. D. Ogilby, 1897 (Fringe-scale round herring)

References

External links

• Maturation and spawning of Spratelloides gracilis Clupeidae in temperate waters off Cape Shionomisaki, central Japan

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