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Sandy Sprats
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Sandy Sprats

Hyperlophus

Hyperlophus is a genus of sprat belonging to the herring family Clupeidae. They are endemic to the waters around Australia. There are currently two species recognized in the genus.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Sandy Sprat

speciesHyperlophus vittatus

Glassy Sprat

speciesHyperlophus translucidus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88998.