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European Sprat

Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus 1758)

Ecomare, Peter van der Wolf   cc-by-nc

Sprattus sprattus (European Sprat) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family herrings. Individuals can grow to 18 cm. They have sexual reproduction. Reproduction is oviparous and iteroparous.

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
  • Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of European sprat. View this species on GBIF