Pacific herring

Clupea pallasii

Forty Six Centimeters Clupeid Fish from Japanese Waters

Pacific herring is known around Arctic as a migratory fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 46 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Clupea
Maximum length: 46 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Arctic: White Sea eastward to Ob inlet. Western Pacific: Anadyr Bay, eastern coasts of Kamchatka, possibly the Aleutian Islands southward to Japan and west coast of Korea. Eastern Pacific: Kent Peninsula at 107°W and Beaufort Sea southward to northern Baja California, Mexico.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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