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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Genus: | Sprattus |
| Species: | S. sprattus
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| Sprattus sprattus | |
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The European sprat (Sprattus sprattus), also known as brisling, brisling sardine, bristling, garvie, garvock, Russian sardine, russlet, skipper or whitebait, is a species of small marine fish in the herring family Clupeidae.[3] Found in European, West Asian and North African waters, it has silver grey scales and white-grey flesh. Specific seas in which the species occurs include the Irish Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea and Sea of the Hebrides.[4] The fish is the subject of fisheries, particularly in Scandinavia, and is made into fish meal, as well as being used for human consumption. When used for food it can be canned, salted, breaded, fried, boiled, grilled, baked, deep fried, marinated, broiled, and smoked.
- ^ Nedreaas, K., Florin, A.-B., Cook, R. & Fernandes, P. 2018. Sprattus sprattus (errata version published in 2019). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T198583A143833310. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T198583A143833310.en. Downloaded on 08 January 2021.
- ^ a b Bailly, Nicolas (2018). "Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
iucnwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ C.Michael Hogan, (2011) Sea of the Hebrides Archived May 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Eds. P. Saundry & C.J.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC.