sprat
Sprattus sprattus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Family
- Clupeidae
- Genus
- Sprattus
Where to Find
Found in 19 diving areas across 8 countries and 1 regions.
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 6 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 23 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 14 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 26214 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 11026 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 10 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 3796 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 1491 records
- Lofoten Islands, Norway - 35 records
- Costa Brava, Spain - 27 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 99 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 573 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 13855 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 528 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 815 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 5767 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 1059 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 159 records