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Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Clupeiformes
family
Clupeidae
genus
Clupea
species
Clupea harengus

Clupea harengus Linnaeus 1758

Clupea harengus [spec. nov.]

C. immaculata, maxilla inferiore longiore. @/D. 18. P. 18. V. 9. A. 17. C. 18.

Art. gen. 7. syn. 14. spec. 37. Clupea maxilla inferiore longiore, maculis nigris carens. @/D. 18. P. 18. V. 9. A. 17. C. 18.

Fn. svec. 315. idem.

Gron. mus. 1. n. 21. idem. @/D. 19. P. 15. V. 8. A. 16. C. - -

Habitat in M. Europaeis.

Europaeis borealibus copiosissimus piscis.

Name

Synonyms
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 harengula Linnaeus, 1758
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
Clupea harengus islandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931
Clupea harengus ivernicus Schnakenbeck, 1931
Clupea harengus membras Linnaeus, 1760
Homonyms
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Allec in German
Allec in German
An scadán in language.
An scadán in Irish
Arenque in Portuguese
Arenque in Spanish
Arenque in Spanish
Arenque in Portuguese
Arenque del Atlántico in Spanish
Arenque del Atlántico in Spanish
Arenque del Atlántico in Spanish
Arenque doirado in Portuguese
Arenque em marinada in Portuguese
Arenque em mostarda in Portuguese
Arenque em salmoira in Portuguese
Arenque gordo preparado in Portuguese
Aringa in Italian
Aringa fritta marinata in Italian
Aringa grassa intera dorata in Italian
Aringa grassa preparata in Italian
Aringhe alla Bismarck in Italian
Aringhe dorate in Italian
Atlandi heeringas in Estonian
Atlantic herring in English
Atlantic herring in English
Atlantic herring in English
Atlantic herring in English
Atlantic herring in English
Atlantic herring in English
Atlantic herring in English
Atlanticheskaya sel'd in Russian
Atlantisk sild in Danish
Atlantisk sild in Danish
Atlantisk sild in Danish
Baltic herring in English
Baltic herring in English
Baltic herring in English
Baltic herring in English
Baltic herring in English
Baltiyskaya sel'd' in Russian
Bank herring in English
Bianchetti in Italian
Bismarck sild in Danish
Bismarckharing in Dutch
Bismarckhering in German
Bismark herring in English
Bismark ringasi in Turkish
Bismarksild in Norwegian
Bizmark heringa in Serbian
Bloater in English

Bibliographic References

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  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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  5. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 57 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (a) of the specific names of Forty-seven species belonging to the classes Cyclostomata, Pisces, Amphibia and Reptilia, each of which is the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936 and (B) of the specific name of one species of the class Amphibia which is currently treated as a senior Subjective synonym of the name of such a species.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1D(D.18), 365-388 (1956)
  6. Kullander, Nyman, Jilg & Delling (2014-07-09 00:00:00) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Strålfeniga fiskar. Chordata: Actinopterygii
  7. Kullander, S.O. (2004-03-17 00:00:00) Förteckning över svenska fiskar
  8. 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>
  9. 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.
  10. Munroe, Thomas, A. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Herrings: Family Clupeidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 111-160.
  11. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  12. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  13. Nijssen, H. (2001)
  14. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  15. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  16. Whitehead, Peter J. P., 1985: Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings: Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 7, pt. 1. x + 303.
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