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WoRMS name details

Clupea sprattus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

151163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151163)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (basionym)

Accepted name

Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Clupea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Clupea sprattus Linnaeus, 1758

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Subspecies Clupea sprattus antipodum Hector, 1872 accepted as Sprattus antipodum (Hector, 1872)
Subspecies Clupea sprattus balticus Schneider, 1908 accepted as Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Clupea sprattus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151163 on 2025-11-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-05 14:04:50Z

created

Claus, Simon

2009-06-16 07:05:49Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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basis of record Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]