balticus, Clupea sprattus var. Schneider [G.] 1908:96 [Rapports et Proces-Verbaux des Reunions Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranee Monaco v. 9; ref. 21149] Baltic Sea. No types known. Appeared first as name only in Schneider 1904:66 [ref. 18705]. •Synonym of Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Berg 1948:157 [ref. 12882], Svetovidov 1973:105 [ref. 7169], Whitehead in Whitehead et al. 1984:281 [ref. 13675], Whitehead 1985:49 [ref. 5141], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:728 [ref. 24702], Dorofeeva 1998:30 [ref. 23573], Fricke 2007:26 [ref. 30577]). •Synonym of Sprattus spratus (Linnaeus 1758) subspecies balticus (Schneider 1908) -- (Parin et al. 2014:61 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus 1758). Clupeidae. Distribution: Baltic Sea (if valid). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.