Anchovy sprat, Clupeonella engrauliformis, is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae.

[2] The holotype is 124 mm in length, was caught near Cape Buynak in the Caspian Sea and is stored in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Its head is short and wide, with the interorbital distance being 16-18% of the body length and a small mouth.

The achovy sprat is a schooling pelagic fish that mainly inhabits open waters but occasionally approaches shores.

[4] [5] The basis of its diet consists of copepods, and it feeds on zooplankton during the daytime, especially Eurytemora grimmi.

Its natural enemies are Brazhnikov's shad (Alosa braschnikowi), Caspian seal and sturgeons.

It spawns in the open sea at depths greater than 20 m in the upper layers of water.