WoRMS name details

Sprattus sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)

236448  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236448)

 unaccepted
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Clupea sprattus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 318 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sprattus sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236448 on 2026-01-28
Date
action
by
2007-01-19 14:00:33Z
created
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z
changed
2013-01-08 14:26:18Z
changed
2023-01-17 15:33:01Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description (of Clupea sprattus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 318 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Relini, Giulio (2006). Agnatha Osteichthyes, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana., available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details] 

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
LanguageName 
Dutch sprot  [details]
German Sprotte  [details]