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Dorosomatidae
pilchard
Harengula humeralis
Twenty Two Centimeters Trout from the Atlantic Ocean
pilchard is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 22 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Dorosomatidae
- Genus
- Harengula
- Maximum length
- 22 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), Bahamas, Caribbean, Guianas (but no records to the south of this; no Brazilian specimens in the extensive collections of the Museu de Zoologia, Sao Paulo, Brazil).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

