New Zealand sprat
(Redirected from Sprattus muelleri)
| New Zealand sprat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Genus: | Sprattus |
| Species: | S. muelleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879)
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The New Zealand sprat (Sprattus muelleri) is a herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae found in the subtropical southwest Pacific Ocean endemic to New Zealand. It belongs to a genus Sprattus of small oily fish, usually known by their common name, sprats.
Its depth range is from the surface to 110 m, and its length is up to 13 cm.
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