Sprattus Collection

Blood-feeding copepod parasite on a spray's eye, Lernaeenicus sprattae (Lernaea sprattae)
FLO5004646 Blood-feeding copepod parasite on a spray's eye, Lernaeenicus sprattae (Lernaea sprattae). And another strange worm found on an oyster shell

Sprat, and herring being hung in a smokehouse, 18th century
Sprat, Sprattus sprattus, and section through a smokehouse showing workers smoking herring in a kipper factory, 18th century

Copepod parasite on a sprat, Lernaeenicus sprattae
Blood-feeding copepod parasite on a sprats eye, Lernaeenicus sprattae (Lernaea sprattae). And another strange worm found on an oyster shell

Herring, sprat and shad
Herring, Clupea harengus, sprat, Sprattus sprattus, and shad, Alosa alosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Jr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de

Atherina presbyter and Atherina boyeri
Atherina presbyter, also known as Silverside, Smelt and Sand Smelt, and the larger Atherina boyeri, also known as Big-Scale Sand Smelt and Boiers Atherine. Date: 1864

Illustration of Baltic Sprat (Sprattus sprattus balticus)

Three hot smoked Sprats

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