APG; surprised that you are squeamish about eating dead animals. Mind you, I am too, so I really shoudn't preach. We all have our own squeamish boundaries.
Tigger : you are probably correct. I read that real whitebait are a mixure of immature baby fish from many species. They are not being sold as it depletes fish stocks, so Sprats, which are bigger, are now sold as whitebait.