European sprat

species of sprat
Taxon taxon Q506823
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

European sprat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,889 views/month, #1,469 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Sprattus[5]
  • Taxon name: Sprattus sprattus[6]
  • Subclass of: sprat[7]
  • Commons category: Sprattus sprattus[8]
  • Described by source: The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[9]
  • Short name: S. sprattus[10]
  • Taxon common name: sprot[11], esprot[12], sprat[13], Sprotte[14], kilohaili[15], brisling[16], trancha[17]
  • MCN code: 0302.43.00[18]

Body

Identifiers

European sprat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 324532[19]. European sprat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 196075[20]. European sprat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 607993[21]. European sprat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2413452[22]. European sprat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 161789[23].

Why It Matters

European sprat has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). European sprat. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/european-sprat
MLA “European sprat.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/european-sprat.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_european-sprat_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{European sprat}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/european-sprat}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): European sprat — https://4ort.xyz/entity/european-sprat (retrieved 2026-10-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/european-sprat · Last refreshed: