WoRMS taxon details

Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758

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

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 2024-04-16
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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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 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 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 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). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., 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 
   

From other sources
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]
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]