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Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 126425

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Clupeidae (Family) > Sprattus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846
Synonymised
taxa
  Clupanodon phalerica Risso, 1827
Clupea latulus Cuvier, 1829
Clupea papalina Bonaparte, 1846
Clupea schoneveldii Krøyer, 1846
Clupea sprattus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
Clupea sprattus balticus Schneider, 1908
Clupea sulinae Antipa, 1904
Meletta vulgaris Valenciennes, 1847
Spratella pumila Valenciennes, 1847
Spratella serdinka Nikolskii, 1923
Spratella sprattus
Spratella sprattus baltica (Schneider, 1908) (misspelling)
Sprattus sprattus balticus (Schneider, 1908)
Sprattus sprattus phalerica (Risso, 1827)
Sprattus sprattus phalericus (Risso, 1827)
Sprattus sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spratus spratus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 318 [details]


basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 318 [details]


from synonym: Relini, Giulio (2006). Agnatha Osteichthyes, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana., available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian papalina  [details]
Breton sprat  [details]
Danish brisling  [details]
Dutch sprot  [details]
English European sprat  [details]
English sprat  [details]
Estonian kilu  [details]
Finnish kilohaili  [details]
French esprot  [details]
French sprat  [details]
German Sprott  [details]
German Sprotte (from synonym)  [details]
Italian papalina  [details]
Lithuanian silkele  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Παπαλίνα  [details]
Norwegian brisling  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål brisling  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk brisling  [details]
Polish szprot  [details]
Portuguese espadilha  [details]
Portuguese lavadilha  [details]
Russian shprot  [details]
Russian Шпрот европейский  [details]
Scottish Gaelic garvie  [details]
Spanish espadín  [details]
Swedish skarpsill  [details]
Swedish vassbuk  [details]
Turkish caca  [details]
Ukrainian Шпрот європейський  [details]
Welsh coog pennog  [details]
Welsh corbennog  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 
Subspecies Sprattus sprattus balticus (Schneider, 1908) accepted as Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Sprattus sprattus phalerica (Risso, 1827) accepted as Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Sprattus sprattus phalericus (Risso, 1827) accepted as Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Sprattus sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Baltic sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Black Sea [details]
Bredene [details]
British Isles [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Grevelingen [details]
IJsselmeer (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Nieuwpoort (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Sea [details]
Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oosterschelde [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Schelde estuary (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Voordelta [details]
Westerschelde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeschelde [details]
Host of  Nothobomolochus cornutus (Claus, 1864) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeenicus sprattae (Sowerby, 1806) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeenicus encrasicholi (Turton, 1807) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (243 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
added on 2006-08-11 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen2005
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Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
added on 2006-08-11 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen2005
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Gilson (1921, fig. 19)
Gilson (1921, fig. 19)
added on 2008-06-11 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Olsen (1883, kaart 09)
Olsen (1883, kaart 09)
added on 2008-07-22 - author: O.T. Olsen
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Poll (1947, fig. 086 & 087)
Poll (1947, fig. 086 & 087)
added on 2008-08-12 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Day)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Sprot
Sprot
added on 2009-05-05 - author: Vandepitte, Leen
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Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
added on 2010-10-21 - author: Hillewaert, Hans
qualitystatus: not checked

Sprattus sprattus sprattus
[image from synonym]
Sprattus sprattus sprattus
added on 2011-03-04 - author: VLIZ (Decleer)
qualitystatus: not checked

Gilis (1942, figuur 12)
[image from synonym]
Gilis (1942, figuur 12)
added on 2012-07-25 - author: Anoniem in Gilis (1942)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126425
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126425 on 2013-05-21
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