Silver-stripe round herring
| Silver-stripe round herring | |
|---|---|
| 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. 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.
- Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)
- Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks
- Grilled kibinago
