WoRMS taxon details
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 126417
AphiaID: 126417
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Clupeidae (Family) > Clupea (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Typetaxon of |
Clupea Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Clupea Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Clupea alba Yarrell, 1829 Clupea atlanticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea britannicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea caledonicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea cimbricus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea elongata Lesueur, 1818 Clupea frisius Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea halec Mitchill, 1814 Clupea harengus atlanticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea harengus borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea harengus britannicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea harengus caledonicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea harengus cimbricus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea harengus frisius Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea harengus harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Clupea harengus harengus natio murmanica Tikhonov, 1941 Clupea harengus islandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea harengus ivernicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea harengus membras Linnaeus, 1761 Clupea harengus membras Wulf, 1765 Clupea harengus norvegivus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea harengus scandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea harengus schelderensis Nilsson, 1832 Clupea harengus scoticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea harengus septemtrionalis Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea islandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea ivernicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea leachii Yarrell, 1832 Clupea membras Wulf, 1765 Clupea minima Storer, 1839 Clupea norvegivus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea palassi probatowi Makushok, 1935 Clupea scandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea scoticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Clupea septemtrionalis Schnakenbeck, 1931 Cyprinus esca Walbaum, 1792 Rogenia alba Valenciennes, 1847 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 317 [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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 317 [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae: L. Salvii, 48 + 578 pp. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Clupea harengus atlanticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus britannicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus caledonicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus cimbricus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus frisius Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus harengus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus islandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus ivernicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus marisalbi Berg, 1923 accepted as Clupea pallasii marisalbi Berg, 1923 Subspecies Clupea harengus membras Linnaeus, 1761 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus membras Wulf, 1765 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus norvegivus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus pallasi Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Clupea pallasii pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 Subspecies Clupea harengus pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Clupea pallasii pallasii Valenciennes, 1847 Subspecies Clupea harengus pilchardus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) Subspecies Clupea harengus scandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus schelderensis Nilsson, 1832 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus scoticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus septemtrionalis Schnakenbeck, 1931 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Clupea harengus sirm Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Baltic sea [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Davis Strait [details] De Haan [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 18 [details] FAO fishing area 21 [details] Grevelingen [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Riga (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Hudson Bay [details] Hudson Strait [details] IJsselmeer [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] North East Baltic Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Oosterschelde [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Schelde estuary [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Voordelta [details] Westerschelde [details] Wimereux [details] Zeeschelde [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Ergasilus sieboldi von Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus pollachius Bassett-Smith, 1896 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaeenicus sprattae (Sowerby, 1806) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Clavellisa cordata Wilson C.B., 1915 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus rapax Milne Edwards, 1840 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus clemensi Parker & Margolis, 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Bomolochus cuneatus Fraser, 1920 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale) To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (846 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (893 nucleotides; 1418 proteins) To IUCN Red List To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on copepods, crustaceans and fish eggs [details] Distribution: southwestern Greenland and Labrador southward to South Carolina [details] Habitat: Found to depths of 200 m, prefer shallow inshore waters. [details] Habitat: nektonic [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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126417 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126417 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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