Harengula
Harengula is a genus of herrings that occur mostly in the western Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, with one species in the eastern Pacific Ocean. There are currently four described species.
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| Scaled sardine (Harengula jaguana) | |
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| Genus: | Harengula Valenciennes, 1847 |
Species
- Harengula clupeola (Cuvier, 1829) (False herring)
- Harengula humeralis (Cuvier, 1829) (Redear herring)
- Harengula jaguana Poey, 1865 (Scaled herring)
- Harengula thrissina (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Pacific flatiron herring)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Harengula in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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