Dictionary Definition
sprat
Noun
1 small fatty European fish; usually smoked or
canned like sardines [syn: brisling]
2 small herring processed like a sardine [syn:
brisling, Clupea
sprattus]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /spɹæt/ /spr
Extensive Definition
Sprattus is a Genus of small
oily
fish of the Family
Clupeidae. They
are commonly fried and eaten in British cuisinehttp://thefoody.com/mrsbfish/sprats.html.
Species
- New Zealand blueback sprat, Sprattus antipodum (Hector, 1872)
- Fueguian sprat, Sprattus fuegensis (Jenyns, 1842)
- New Zealand sprat, Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879)
- Australian sprat, Sprattus novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Baltic sprat, Sprattus sprattus balticus (Schneider, 1908)
- European sprat, Sprattus sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Blue sprat, Spratelloides robustus (Ogilby, 1897)
- Sandy sprat, Hyperlophus vittatus (Castelnau, 1875)
- Slender sprat, Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Glassy sprat, Hyperlophus translucidus (McCulloch, 1917)
References
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
sprat in Welsh:
Corbennog
sprat in German:
Sprotten
sprat in Russian: Шпроты
(рыба)