Sprattus sprattus, European sprat : fisheries, bait

Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)

European sprat
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> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)
Etymology: Sprattus: Old German, sprotte (1611) = a small fish, Clupea sp. (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Taxonomic Remarks
The subspecies were not characterized well enough, that unless there is more evidence presented in the future, Sprattus sprattus should be considered as one species with several known populations (S.Kullander, pers.comm. 07/09).

Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución Ecología

marino; salobre pelagic-neritic; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 10 - 150 m (Ref. 6302). Temperate; 69°N - 30°N, 11°W - 42°E

Distribución Territorios | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

Northeast Atlantic: North Sea and adjacent waters as far north as the Lofoten Area and the west of the British Isles, and Baltic Sea south to Morocco; also in northern Mediterranean (Gulf of Lion and the Adriatic Sea) and Black Sea.

Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad

Madurez: Lm 10.1, range 8 - 12 cm
Max length : 25.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 137577); common length : 12.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 188); edad máxima reportada: 6 años (Ref. 3561)

Descripción breve Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 13 - 21; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 12 - 23. Lower jaw slightly projecting, gill cover without any bony radiating striae, teeth rarely present on vomer; belly with a strong keel of scutes; last two anal fin rays not enlarged. No dark spots on flanks. Pterotic bulla absent.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Usually inshore schooling, sometimes entering estuaries (especially the juveniles) and tolerating salinities as low as 4 ppt. Shows strong migrations between winter feeding and summer spawning grounds. Moves to the surface at night. Feeds on planktonic crustaceans (Ref. 9900). Spawns at depths of 10-20 m producing 6,000-14,000 pelagic eggs (Ref. 35388). Some spawn almost throughout the year, mainly in spring and summer, near the coast or up to 100 km out to sea, the young drifting inshore. Sold as 'brislings' to canneries. Sprat are used in the production of fish meal and as mink food, less for human consumption (Ref. 9900). Utilized fresh, smoked, canned and frozen; can be pan-fried and broiled (Ref. 9988).

Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Some spawn almost year round but mainly in spring and summer, near to the coast or up to 100 km out to sea, the young drifting inshore. Individual period of spawning takes about two months (Ref. 92054).

Referencia principal Suba sus referencias | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(7/1):1-303. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 188)

Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 July 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Amenaza para el ser humano

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)





Usos humanos

Pesquerías: muy comercial; carnada: usually
FAO - pesquerías: perfil de la especie, landings search; Publication: search | FIRMS - Stock assessments | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Ciclo de vida
Reproducción
Madurez
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Fecundidad
Puesta
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Desarrollo de los huevos
Larva
Dinámica larvaria
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Fisiología
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heritabilidad
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Relacionados con el ser humano
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Sellos, monedas, varios
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos

Índice de diversidad filogenética
(Referencia 82804)
PD50 = 0.5313 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00550 (0.00470 - 0.00643), b=3.10 (3.05 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico
(Referencia 69278)
3.0   ±0.07 se; based on food items.
Generation time 2.2 (1.7 - 2.7) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 24 growth studies.
Resiliencia
(Referencia 120179)
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (rm=1.7; K=0.14-0.77; tm=1-2; tmax=6; Fec=2,000 (batch fec)).
Rate of population increase Prior r = 0.48, 95% CL = 0.32 - 0.72, Based on 17 full stock assessments.
Vulnerabilidad pesquera
(Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 🛈
Vulnerabilidad climática
(Ref. 125649)
Low vulnerability (15 of 100). 🛈
Categoría de precios
(Ref. 80766)
Low.
Nutrientes
(Ref. 124155)
Calcium = 69.8 [34.7, 136.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.454 [0.171, 1.290] mg/100g; Protein = 19.9 [17.2, 22.6] %; Omega3 = 0.601 [0.328, 1.136] g/100g; Selenium = 8.55 [3.88, 18.40] μg/100g; VitaminA = 66.3 [13.8, 248.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.429 [0.200, 1.835] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.