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Pacific Herring

Clupea pallasii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 6,293, February 5,515, March 6,278, April 8,323, May 10,472, June 8,006, July 6,517, August 6,290, September 6,439, October 5,799, November 5,093, December 5,824.
Canada1,955,507
United States955,131
Washington80,849
British Columbia1,375
Northwest Territories480
Alaska249
California245
Yukon235
Oregon56
Nunavut22

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderHerrings · Clupeiformes
FamilyHerrings and Sprats · Clupeidae
GenusClupea

Sources

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Practise Pacific Herring with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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