The Atlantic herring is a small, schooling fish of the family Clupeidae, found in vast numbers across the temperate and subarctic North Atlantic. It swims in dense shoals that can number in the millions, a behavior that has supported some of history's largest commercial fisheries and shaped coastal economies on both sides of the Atlantic for centuries. It feeds mainly on plankton and forms a key link in the ocean food web, providing prey for larger fish, seabirds, and marine mammals.
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Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Atlantic Herring (Wikidata)
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Atlantic Herring
Wikipedia- fishery has long been an important part of the economy of New England
Lead section
They feed on copepods, krill and small fish, while their natural predators are seals, whales, cod and other larger fish.
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
View the Source 2. GBIF Species API
3. Atlantic Herring (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q2396858 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Clupeiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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