- sprat, brisling - small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
--1 is a kind of herring
--1 is a part of brisling, sprat, Clupea sprattus - brisling, sprat, Clupea sprattus - small herring processed like a sardine
--2 is a kind of sardine
--2 is a member of Clupea, genus Clupea
--2 has parts: sprat, brisling