Kibinago sashimi by jetalone in Kagoshima.jpg

The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (''Spratelloides gracilis'') is a small, Herring, herring-like forage fish. They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. It is valued as food in Japan, where it is known as ''kibinago''. These can be eaten raw, as ''sashimi'', or cooked, as whitebait.''Kibinago'' at kuro-usagi.net
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File:Kibinago sashimi by jetalone in Kagoshima.jpg, ''Sashimi'' of ''kibinago'' (silver-stripe round herring)
File:Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks by jetalone in Kagoshima.jpg, ''Kibinago sashimi ''with chopsticks
File:Grilled kibinago by jetalone in Yakushima.jpg, Grilled'' kibinago

References

Herring dishes, silver-stripe round herring
Fish described in 1846, silver-stripe round herring

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