sprattus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

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| image = Clupea sprattus.jpg

| image_caption = European sprat, Sprattus sprattus sprattus

| taxon = Sprattus

| authority = Girgensohn, 1846

| type_species = Sprattus haleciformis

| type_species_authority = Girgensohn, 1846{{Cof family|family=Clupeidae|access-date=19 November 2024}}

| synonyms = {{Genus list

| Antu | de Buen, 1958

| Maugeclupea | Whitley, 1932

| Meletta | Valenciennes, 1847

| Spratella | Valenciennes, 1847

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Sprattus is a genus of small oily fish of the family Clupeidae. They are more usually known by their common name, sprats. There are five species in the genus.