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Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847

Pacific herring
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Herring, Iqalluarpak, Iquallux-paq
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found from Point San Luis in California northwards (Ref. 6793). Eggs are often harvested by hand and are exported to Japan (Ref. 2850). Exceedingly abundant in Puget Sound, Washington in 1895, however already with signs of overfishing (decreasing catches) (Ref. 28609). Also Ref. 6885, 4925, 95148, 95155.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Hareng du Pacifique, Arenque del Pacífico, Сельдь восточная, ... more

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)
Etymology: Clupea: Latin, clupea = sardine, derived from Clupeus = shield; doubtless a reference to the scales covering the body of the fish + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335);  pallasii: Named after Petrus Simon Pallas, great Russian naturalist and explorer (Ref. 6885).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

seewasser; süßwasser; brackwasser; standorttreu; tiefenbereich 0 - 475 m (Ref. 58426).   Temperate; 77°N - 33°N, 34°E - 119°W (Ref. 54336)

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