Baby Herrings

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Gary Knowles

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• Jul 24, 2002

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Guys,

Strange request I know but at a pub quiz last night one of the questions was 'what is the name of baby herrings'

The answer they gave was whitebait. I always thought that whitebait was a seperate species of the herring family that did not grow above a few inches.

Is this the case or was the 'quizmaster' correct ?

 

GrahamM

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• Jul 24, 2002

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Whitebait looks like a common term for the young of herrings, sprats, etc, according to my reference.

 

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• Jul 24, 2002

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Another reference says:

"Any of the fry (young) of various silvery fishes, especially herring. It is also the name for a Pacific smelt Osmerus mordax."

 

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Willie McKinnon

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• Jul 24, 2002

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Hello guys,
Jacks are young herring
Joeys are young mackerel
regards//willie.....