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Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758

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126417  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126417)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Clupeiformes (Order)
  11. Clupeidae (Family)
  12. Clupea (Genus)
  13. Clupea harengus (Species)
accepted
Species
Clupea alba Yarrell, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clupea elongata Lesueur, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clupea halec Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clupea harengula · unaccepted
Clupea harengus borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Clupea harengus membras Linnaeus, 1760 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Clupea harengus schelderensis Nilsson, 1832 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Clupea leachii Yarrell, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clupea membras Wulf, 1765 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clupea minima Storer, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clupea palassi probatowi Makushok, 1935 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Cyprinus esca Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rogenia alba Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Subspecies Clupea harengus atlanticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  2. Subspecies Clupea harengus borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (ambiguous synonym)
  3. Subspecies Clupea harengus britannicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  4. Subspecies Clupea harengus caledonicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  5. Subspecies Clupea harengus cimbricus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  6. Subspecies Clupea harengus frisius Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  7. Subspecies Clupea harengus harengus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
  8. Subspecies Clupea harengus islandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  9. Subspecies Clupea harengus ivernicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  10. Subspecies Clupea harengus marisalbi Berg, 1923 accepted as Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847
  11. Subspecies Clupea harengus membras Wulf, 1765 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
  12. Subspecies Clupea harengus membras Linnaeus, 1760 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (ambiguous synonym)
  13. Subspecies Clupea harengus norvegicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  14. Subspecies Clupea harengus pallasi Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847
  15. Subspecies Clupea harengus pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847
  16. Subspecies Clupea harengus pilchardus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792)
  17. Subspecies Clupea harengus scandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  18. Subspecies Clupea harengus schelderensis Nilsson, 1832 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (ambiguous synonym)
  19. Subspecies Clupea harengus scoticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  20. Subspecies Clupea harengus septemtrionalis Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  21. Subspecies Clupea harengus sirm Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 317 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

(of Clupea harengus harengus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Distribution southwestern Greenland and Labrador southward to South Carolina  
Distribution southwestern Greenland and Labrador southward to South Carolina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126417 on 2024-11-22
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2017-07-12 07:04:06Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2017-07-20 07:00:16Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 317 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Clupea harengus membras Linnaeus, 1760) Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. <em>Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden.</em> 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Clupea harengus harengus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Clupea elongata Lesueur, 1818) Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Descriptions of several new species of North American fishes. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 8-11, 14.
page(s): 234 [details] 

original description (of Clupea halec Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28.
page(s): 20 [details] 

original description (of Rogenia alba Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details] 

original description (of Clupea minima Storer, 1839) Storer, D. H. (1839). A report on the fishes of Massachusetts. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (nos 3-4) (art. 12): 289-558, Pls. 6-8. [Also published as separate (possibly first), Fishes of Massachusetts [from: Reports on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Massachusetts], Boston, 1839: 1-202. Plates as I-III in text of separate and journal article but labelled VI-VIII in journal article.]. [details] 

original description (of Clupea harengus norvegicus Schnakenbeck, 1931) Schnakenbeck, W. (1931). Zum Rassenproblem bei den Fischen. <em>Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere.</em> 21 (3-4): 409-566. [details] 

original description (of Clupea membras Wulf, 1765) Wulff, J. C. (1765). Ichthyologia, cum amphibiis regni Borussici. Methodo Linnaena disposita. Iohan, Jakob Kanter, Regiomonti. Ichthyologia, cum amphibiis regni Borussici. <em>Borussia [Prussa], Germany.</em> i-xii + 1-60.
page(s): 39 [details] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Fish trawl survey: ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 317 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on copepods, crustaceans and fish eggs [details]

Distribution southwestern Greenland and Labrador southward to South Carolina [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Found to depths of 200 m, prefer shallow inshore waters. [details]

Importance Social- Highly commercial [details]

Predators Fishes, marine birds and marine mammals, such as whales and dolphins [details]

Reproduction Each stock spawns at different times of the year; external fertilization; high egg and larval mortality rate [details]
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LanguageName 
Breton harink  [details]
Danish sild  [details]
Dutch haringbliek  [details]
English herringhafsíldAtlantic herring  [details]
Finnish sillisilakka  [details]
French hareng de l'Atlantiquehareng atlantiquehareng  [details]
German StömlingOstseeheringHering  [details]
Icelandic síld  [details]
Irish scadán  [details]
Italian aringa  [details]
Kalaallisut angmagssagssuaq  [details]
Norwegian sild  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål sild  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk sild  [details]
Polish śledźsledz  [details]
Russian sel'd'  [details]
Spanish arenque  [details]
Swedish strömmingsill  [details]
Welsh ysgadenynpennog  [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (185 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (103 publications) (from synonym Clupea alba Yarrell, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications) (from synonym Clupea elongata Lesueur, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Clupea leachii Yarrell, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Clupea halec Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Clupea harengus membras Linnaeus, 1760)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Clupea harengus membras Wulf, 1765)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Rogenia alba Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Clupea harengula)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Clupea harengus harengus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus esca Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications) (from synonym Clupea minima Storer, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Clupea membras Wulf, 1765)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Clupea borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (908 publications) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clupea harengus) 
To FAO Species fact sheets 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus membras Linnaeus, 1760)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus harengus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea britannicus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea caledonicus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea cimbricus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea elongata Lesueur, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea alba Yarrell, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea islandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea ivernicus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea leachii Yarrell, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea frisius Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea halec Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea atlanticus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus schelderensis Nilsson, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea palassi probatowi Makushok, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus harengus natio murmanica Tikhonov, 1941)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus membras Wulf, 1765)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea norvegivus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea scandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea scoticus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea septemtrionalis Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus esca Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Rogenia alba Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea minima Storer, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus atlanticus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus britannicus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus caledonicus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus cimbricus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus frisius Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus islandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus ivernicus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus norvegicus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus scandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus scoticus Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea harengus septemtrionalis Schnakenbeck, 1931)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea membras Wulf, 1765)
To FishBase images (Clupea harengus, by Svensen, R.) 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (206482 nucleotides; 48383 proteins) 
To GenBank (206482 nucleotides; 48383 proteins) (from synonym Clupea harengus harengus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clupea harengus RAD100506-005) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Harengula thrissinas RAD100510-001) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Clupea harengus membras Linnaeus, 1760)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Clupea harengus</i>, by Svensen, R.)
To FishBase images (Clupea harengus, by Svensen, R.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Gilson (1921, fig. 18)
Gilson (1921, fig. 18)
Olsen (1883, map 05)
Olsen (1883, map 05)
Olsen (1883, map 10)
Olsen (1883, map 10)
Image from synonym
Poll (1947, fig. 086 & 087)
Poll (1947, fig. 086 & 087)
Semi-pelagische vissen
Semi-pelagische vissen
Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus
Haring
Haring
Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus - juvenile Atlantic herring
Clupea harengus - juvenile Atlantic herring
Clupea harengus - Atlantic herring
Clupea harengus - Atlantic herring
Clupea harengus harengus
Clupea harengus harengus
Image from synonym
VIDEO: Dissection herring (Ducth)
VIDEO: Dissection herring (Ducth)
Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus
Gilis (1942, figuur 8)
Gilis (1942, figuur 8)
Gilis (1942, figuur 9)
Gilis (1942, figuur 9)
Gilis (1942, figuur 10)
Gilis (1942, figuur 10)
Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus larvae
Clupea harengus larvae
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clupea harengus RAD100506-005)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clupea harengus RAD100506-005)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Harengula thrissinas RAD100510-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Harengula thrissinas RAD100510-001)
Hosted externally