Anchovy sprat

Anchovy sprat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Ehiravidae
Genus: Clupeonella
Species:
C. engrauliformis
Binomial name
Clupeonella engrauliformis
(Borodin, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Clupea engrauliformis Borodin, 1904

Anchovy sprat, Clupeonella engrauliformis, is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is one of the several species of Clupeonella found in the Caspian Sea It lives pelagically in the central and southern parts of this brackishwater lake. It is typically 12 cm long, and up to 16.5 cm maximum. May be found down to 78 m depth.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Clupeonella engrauliformis" in FishBase. February 2014 version.