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Atlantic Herring

Fish

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.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Clupea harengus 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Clupeiformes, Taxa
Source Atlantic Herring (Wikidata)

In Biome

Intertidal Zone, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Clupea harengus (Animal Diversity Web)
Open Ocean, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Clupea harengus (Animal Diversity Web)
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Found In

Belgium

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Canada

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Denmark

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France

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Ireland

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Netherlands

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Norway

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Poland

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Sweden

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United Kingdom

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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.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
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2. GBIF Species API
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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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4. NatureServe Explorer: Clupea harengus
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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5. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Clupea harengus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES No special status
  • In Biome: Open Ocean, Aquatic Biomes
    Habitat Regions saltwater or marine saltwater or marine Aquatic Biomes pelagic pelagic coastal coastal
  • In Biome: Intertidal Zone, Other Habitat Features
    Other Habitat Features intertidal or littoral intertidal or littoral
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