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Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758

Atlantic herring
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Canada country information

Common names: Ammassassuaa, Atlantic herring, Bank herring
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from the northern Canada eastward to Québec (Ref. 58426) and Newfoundland and Labrador (Ref. 188).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coad, B.W. and J.D. Reist, 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Hareng de l'Atlantique, Arenque del Atlántico, Сельдь атлантическая, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > 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).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 364 m (Ref. 58426), usually 0 - 200 m (Ref. 6683).   Temperate; 1°C - 18°C (Ref. 188); 80°N - 33°N, 95°W - 70°E

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