Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Clupeiformes: family
Clupeidae: genus
Clupea: species
Clupea harengus

Name

Synonyms: Clupea alba Yarrell, 1829; Clupea atlanticus Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea britannicus Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea caledonicus Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea cimbricus Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea elongata Lesueur, 1818; Clupea frisius Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea halec Mitchill, 1814; Clupea harengula Linnaeus, 1758; Clupea harengus atlanticus Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea harengus borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea harengus britannicus Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea harengus caledonicus Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea harengus cimbricus Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea harengus frisius Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea harengus harengus; Clupea harengus islandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea harengus ivernicus Schnakenbeck, 1931; Clupea harengus membras Linnaeus, 1760
Homonyms: Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Allec in German; Allec in German; Ammassassuaa in Kalaallisut; An scadán in Irish; An scadán in Irish; Aregna in language.; Areng in Catalan–Valencian; Arengue in Aragonese; Arenque in Portuguese; Arenque in Spanish; Arenque del Atlántico in Spanish; Arenque del Atlántico in Spanish; Arenque del Atlántico Norte in Spanish; Atlandi heeringas in Estonian; Atlanteschen Hierk in Luxembourgish; Atlantic Herring in English; Atlantic herring in English; Atlantic herring in English; Atlantic herring in English; Atlantic herring in English; Atlantic herring in English; Atlantic herring, Herring in English; Atlanticheskaya sel'd in Russian; Atlantinė silkė in Lithuanian; Atlantischer Hering in German; Atlantisk sild in Danish; Atlantisk sild in Danish; Atlantisk sild in Danish; Atlantska haringa in Croatian; Baltic Herring in English; Baltic herring in English; Baltic herring in English; Bank Herring in English; Bank Herring in English; Bismark Herring in English; Bismark Herring in English; Bloater in English; Bloater in English; Cleanplate Herring in English; Cleanplate Herring in English; Cut Spiced Herring in English; Cut spiced Herring in English; Escabeche Frito in Spanish; Fall Herring in English; Fall Herring in English; Filling in language.; Full in language.; Gendarme in French; Golden Cure in English; Golden Cure in English

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