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  Name Black Sea sprat
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Actinopterygii
  Ordo Clupeiformes
  Familia Clupeidae
  Genus '' Clupeonella ''
  Species '''''C cultriventris'''''
  Binomial ''Clupeonella cultriventris''
  Binomial Authority ( Nordmann , 1840)


The Black Sea sprat, ''Clupeonella cultriventris'', is a small Fish of the Herring family, Clupeidae . It is found in the Caspian Sea , Black Sea and Sea Of Azov . It has white-grey flesh and silver-grey scales. This fish has a lifetime of 6 years, a length of 14–15 cm and is around 12% fat in flesh. The peak of its spawning is in April and it can be found in enormous shoals in sea-shores, filled all-round coastal shallows, moving quickly back in the sea at a depth of 6-30 meters. Used for food.


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