SPRAT

Sprat

A sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish belonging to the genus Sprattus in the family Clupeidae. The term is also applied to a number of other small sprat-like forage fish. Like most forage fishes, sprats are highly active small oily fish. They travel in large schools with other fish and swim continuously throughout the day.

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sprat

Noun

  1. Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus , in the family Clupeidae.


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