WoRMS taxon details
Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846
125723 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125723)
accepted
Genus
Meletta Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Spratella Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Spratus · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Species Sprattus antipodum (Hector, 1872)
- Species Sprattus fuegensis (Jenyns, 1842)
- Species Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879)
- Species Sprattus novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Species Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Sprattus bassensis (McCulloch, 1911) accepted as Sprattus novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Species Sprattus fueguensis (Jenyns, 1842) accepted as Sprattus fuegensis (Jenyns, 1842) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125723 on 2026-08-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Girgensohn, O.G.L. (1846). Anatomie und physiologie des Fisch-nervensystems. <em>Mémoires présentés à l'Académie impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg.</em> 5(1-15): 275-589. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 534 [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 534 [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
