Anchovy sprat

Clupeonella engrauliformis

Fish in Asian Waters

Temperate
Regional distribution
Brackish fish
Asia (unspecified)
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Temperate fish

Anchovy sprat, Clupeonella engrauliformis, is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is one of several species of Clupeonella found in the Central and Southern Caspian Sea. It lives pelagically in the central and southern parts of this brackishwater lake.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Ehiravidae
Genus: Clupeonella
Maximum length: 16.5 cm
Water: Brackish
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Former USSR and Asia: central and southern parts of the Caspian Sea.

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