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Diagnostic Description

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No teeth on maxilla, triangular premaxillae, 2 supra-maxillae, second supra-maxilla symmetrical; scale striae meeting at center; toothed posterior margin to scales, pre-dorsal scales 13 to 16; W-shaped pelvic scute.
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Crispina B. Binohlan
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Life Cycle

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Oviparous (Ref. 205).
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Susan M. Luna
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 14; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 9 - 14; Vertebrae: 46 - 47
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Trophic Strategy

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Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf. A schooling species (Ref. 75154).
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Pascualita Sa-a
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Biology

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Usually inshore schooling fishes (Ref. 188). Occurs in midwater in bays, inlets and coastal waters (Ref. 9563). Also often found around shallow offshore reefs (Ref. 33617).
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Importance

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fisheries: minor commercial; bait: usually; price category: low; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family
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Spratelloides robustus

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Spratelloides robustus, the blue sprat, also known as the fringe-scale round herring, blue bait or blue sardine, is a type of sprat fish.[1]

Description and behavior

The Spratelloides robustus has no spine, but has 10–14 Dorsal soft rays, 9–14 Anal soft rays, and 46–47 vertebrae, and a W-shaped pelvic scute. The males can grow up to 12 centimetres (0.39 ft). They are oviparous.[2]

Distribution and habititat

The Spratelloides robustus mainly lives around southern Australia, at a range from the Dampier Archipelago to the south of Queensland, including Tasmania.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Fish.gov entry
  2. ^ a b "Spratelloides robustus summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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Spratelloides robustus: Brief Summary

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Spratelloides robustus, the blue sprat, also known as the fringe-scale round herring, blue bait or blue sardine, is a type of sprat fish.

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