Sprattus Girgensohn [O. G. L.] 1846:534 Masc. Sprattus haleciformis Girgensohn 1846 (= Clupea sprattus Linnaeus 1758). Type by monotypy. •Valid as Sprattus Girgensohn 1846 -- (Svetovidov 1973:104 [ref. 7169], Whitehead in Whitehead et al. 1984:280 [ref. 13675], Whitehead 1985:45 [ref. 5141], Whitehead et al. 1985:263 [ref. 6542], Paxton et al. 1989:158 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:225 [ref. 22532], Dorofeeva 1998:30 [ref. 23573], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:39 [ref. 28183], Paxton et al. 2006:335 [ref. 28995], Paxton et al. 2006:335 [ref. 28995], Gomon 2008:193 [ref. 30616], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:20 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:61 [ref. 33547], Stewart & Struthers 2015:303 [ref. 34231], Canales-Aguirre et al. 2021:3 [ref. 38579]). Current status: Valid as Sprattus Girgensohn 1846. Clupeidae.