Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846
Gender: M; Mém. savants etrangers Acad. Sci. Petersb., 5: 534
Type: S. haleciformis Girgensohn, 1846 = S. sprattus, by monotypy and tautonymy.
Synonyms
Spratella Valenciennes, 1847, in Cuv. Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 20: 356 (type: S. pumila Valenciennes, 1847, by subs. design. of Berg, 1913).
Meletta Valenciennes, 1847, ibid.: 316 (type: M. vulgaris Valenciennes, 1847, by subs. design. of Berg, 1913).
Sprattus: Whitehead, 1964, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (13) 7: 326 (full synonymy).