| Silver-stripe round herring | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Spratelloididae |
| Genus: | Spratelloides |
| Species: | S. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Spratelloides gracilis | |
The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (Spratelloides gracilis) is a small, herring-like forage fish.[1] They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. It is valued as food in Japan, where it is known as kibinago. These can be eaten raw, as sashimi, or cooked, as whitebait.[2]
Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)
Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks
Grilled kibinago
References
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- ↑ Fish.gov entry Archived 2007-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Kibinago at kuro-usagi.net
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