Showing Food Atlantic herring
| General Information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Atlantic herring | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Clupea harengus harengus | ||||||||||
| Description | Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is a herring in the family Clupeidae. It is one of the most abundant fish species on earth. Atlantic herrings can be found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, congregating in large schools. They can grow up to 45 centimetres in length and weigh more than 0.5 kilograms . They feed on copepods, krill and small fish, while their natural predators are seals, whales, cod and other larger fish. The Atlantic herring fishery has long been an important part of the economy of New England and the Canadian Maritime provinces. This is because the fish congregate relatively near to the coast in massive schools, notably in the cold waters of the semi-enclosed Gulf of Maine and Gulf of St. Lawrence. North Atlantic herring schools have been measured up to 4 cubic kilometres in size, containing an estimated 4 billion fish. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00292 | ||||||||||
| Picture |  | ||||||||||
| Classification | |||||||||||
| Group | Aquatic foods | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Fishes | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy | |||||||||||
| Lineage | |||||||||||
| External Links | |||||||||||
| ITIS ID | 161724 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Atlantic herring | ||||||||||
| Composition | |||||||||||
| Compounds |
| ||||||||||
| Macronutrients |
| ||||||||||
| References | |||||||||||
| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||