Falkland sprat

The Falkland sprat, Sprattus fuegensis, is a herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae found in the subtropical southwest Atlantic Ocean from 40° S to Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands.

The Falkland sprat lives in the pelagic-neritic, oceanodromous, marine, depth range 10 - m environment.

The Falkland sprat, Sprattus fuegensis, is a herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae found in the subtropical southwest Atlantic Ocean from 40° S to Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. More

mostly fish, especially Falkland Sprat Sprattus fuegensis (70.81%), and Spider Crab Halicarcinus planatus (16.48%), with the remainder being algae (11.52%), mollusks (0.53%) and other smaller items including small rocks (Torres and Vargas 2005, Imberti 2006). Rio Gallegos estuary, one of the known wintering grounds. More

of dense schools of Falkland sprat (Sprattus fuegensis) in the same area (Aranis et al. 2007), and the reduction of the abundance of demersal fishes, such as southern hake and hoki which previously used the fjord area as spawning grounds (Bustos et al. 2007). More

Common names

chicken sprat in English
Chilean sprat in English
Espadín de las Malvinas in Spanish (español)
Falkland herring in English
Falkland sprat in English
Falkland-brisling in Danish (dansk)
Falklandsportte in German (Deutsch)
Falklandsprotte in German (Deutsch)
Fuego-nishin in Japanese (日本語)
Pechu chalwa in Spanish (español)
Šprot fuegský in Czech (česky)
Sardina in Spanish (español)
Sardina austral in Spanish (español)
Sardina común in French (français)
Sardina fuegina in Spanish (español)
Sardina quichay in Spanish (español)
Sledz patagonski a. falklandzki in Polish (polski)
Sprat des îles Falkland in French (français)
Šprot fuegský in Czech (česky)
智利黍鯡 in Mandarin Chinese
智利黍鲱 in Mandarin Chinese

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