Ehirava

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Malabar Sprat.jpg

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Gaughan, D. |author2=Munroe, T.A. |author3=Mohd Arshaad, W. |name-list-style=amp |year=2017 |title=Ehirava fluviatilis |volume=2017 |page=e.T98472093A98846313 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98472093A98846313.en |access-date=29 May 2021}}

| parent_authority = Deraniyagala, 1929

| taxon = Ehirava fluviatilis

| authority = Deraniyagala, 1929

}}

Ehirava fluviatilis, or the Malabar sprat, is a species of fish endemic to the rivers and coastal lagoons and estuaries of southern India and Sri Lanka. It is the only recognized species in the genus Ehirava.{{FishBase genus |genus= Ehirava | month = February| year = 2021}} It grows to {{convert|5|cm|abbr=on}} standard length.