Spratelloides
Genus of fishes
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Spratelloides is a genus of fish in the family Spratelloididae. 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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Spratelloididae |
| Genus: | Spratelloides Bleeker, 1851 |
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
- Spratelloides atrofasciatus L. P. Schultz, 1943 (small-banded round herring) [1]
- 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)
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