Redear Herring
Harengula humeralis
Also known as: Loose-scaled Sardine, Pilchard, Redear Pilchard, Readear Sardine, Scaly Sardine, Sprat, Whitebill, Yellowbill Yellowbill Sprat
- Loose-scaled Sardine
- Pilchard
- Redear Pilchard
- Readear Sardine
- Scaly Sardine
- Sprat
- Whitebill
- Yellowbill Yellowbill Sprat
Overview
Found in medium to large schools, in coastal waters over seagrass beds and along shorelines of both polluted and clearwater coral reefs.
Herrings are the largest of the schooling baitfish and are one of the most important fish in the food chain!
How to identify
- Pattern
- black spotspotsstripes
- Head & Mouth
- yellow nose
- Behaviour
- schooling
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found in medium to large schools, in coastal waters over seagrass beds and along shorelines of both polluted and clearwater coral reefs.
Adult photos 4
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Deep dive
Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderClupeiformes
- familyDorosomatidae
- genusHarengula
- speciesHarengula humeralis
SourcesFishBase
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