''Spratelloides'' is a

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in the

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Spratelloididae Spratelloididae is a family of clupeiform fishes. It is now recognized by FishBase as a family in its own right; it had been considered to be a subfamily of Clupeidae. It contains two extant Extant is the opposite of the word extinct. It ma ...

. They are small fish used as

fishing bait Fishing bait is any substance used to attract and catch fish, e.g. on a fishing hook. Bait items are both selected from and placed within the environment to achieve enhanced prey capture success. Traditionally, fishing baits are natural fish foo ...

, especially in

skipjack tuna The skipjack tuna (''Katsuwonus pelamis'') is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. It is otherwise known as the balaya (Sri Lanka), bakulan/kayu (North Borneo), tongkol/aya (Malay Peninsula/Indonesia), aku (Hawaii), cak ...

-fishing. Some species are also valued as food in certain countries, like ''

Spratelloides gracilis The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (''Spratelloides gracilis'') is a small, herring-like forage fish. They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. It is valued as food in Japan, w ...

'', known as ''

kibinago The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (''Spratelloides gracilis'') is a small, herring-like forage fish. They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. It is valued as food in Japan, w ...

'' in Japan.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are: * ''

Spratelloides atrofasciatus ''Spratelloides'' is a genus of fish in the family Spratelloididae. They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. Some species are also valued as food in certain countries, like '' Spratelloides gracilis'', know ...

'' L. P. Schultz, 1943 (small-banded round herring) Ishimori, H., Hidaka, K., Yamamuro, T. & Yoshino, T. (2015): ''Spratelloides atrofasciatus'' Schultz, 1943, a valid species of round herring (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae). ''Zootaxa, 4028 (4): 527–538.'' * '' Spratelloides delicatulus'' ( E. T. Bennett, 1832) (delicate round herring) * ''

'' (

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, 1846) (silver-stripe round herring) * ''

Spratelloides lewisi ''Spratelloides'' is a genus of fish in the family Spratelloididae. They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. Some species are also valued as food in certain countries, like '' Spratelloides gracilis'', know ...

'' Wongratana, 1983 (Lewis' round herring) * ''

Spratelloides robustus ''Spratelloides robustus'', the blue sprat, also known as the fringe-scale round herring, blue bait or blue sardine, is a type of sprat fish. Description and behavior The ''Spratelloides robustus'' has no spine, but has 10–14 Dorsal soft ray ...

'' J. D. Ogilby, 1897 (fringe-scale round herring)

References

Spratelloides Marine fish genera Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{Clupeiformes-stub