Silver-stripe round herring

The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (Spratelloides gracilis) is a small, herring-like forage fish.[1] 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.[2]

  • Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)
    Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)
  • Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks
    Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks
  • Grilled kibinago
    Grilled kibinago

Silver-stripe round herring
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Spratelloididae
Genus: Spratelloides
Species:
S. gracilis
Binomial name
Spratelloides gracilis
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

References
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  1. Fish.gov entry Archived 2007-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Kibinago at kuro-usagi.net


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