Silver-stripe round herring | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Clupeidae |
Genus: | Spratelloides |
Species: | S. gracilis |
Binomial name | |
Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) |
The silver-stripe round herring or slender sprat (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, where it is known as kibinago. These can be eaten raw, as sashimi, or cooked, as whitebait.
Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)
Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks
Grilled kibinago