The New Zealand sprat (Sprattus muelleri) is a herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae found in the subtropical southwest Pacific Ocean endemic to New Zealand. It belongs to a genus Sprattus of small oily fish, usually known by their common name, sprats.
| New Zealand sprat | |
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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. muelleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sprattus muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879)
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Its depth range is from the surface to 110 m, and its length is up to 13 cm.
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References edit
- ^ Gaughan, D.; Munroe, T.A.; Hata, H.; Mohd Arshaad, W. (2017). "Sprattus muelleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T98839582A98887018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98839582A98887018.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Sprattus muelleri" in FishBase. May 2006 version.