Spratelloides Explained

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.

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)

Notes and References

1. Ishimori, H., Hidaka, K., Yamamuro, T. & Yoshino, T. (2015): Spratelloides atrofasciatus Schultz, 1943, a valid species of round herring (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae). Zootaxa, 4028 (4): 527–538.