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Pacific herring

Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847

Status not recordedbony fish

The Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) is a species in the family Clupeidae, order Clupeiformes.

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Quick facts about the Pacific herring

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the Pacific herring live?

Not recorded

Is the Pacific herring endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Pacific herring classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderClupeiformes
  5. familyClupeidae
  6. genusClupea
  7. SpeciesClupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847

Synonyms Clupea harengus marisalbi, Clupea harengus pallasi, Clupea harengus pallasii, Clupea inermis, Clupea lineolata, Clupea mirabilis, Clupea palassi, Clupea pallasi, Clupea pallasi marisalbi, Clupea pallasi suworovi, Clupea pallasi suworowi, Clupea pallasii marisalbi, Clupea pallasii pallasii, Clupea pallasii suworowi, Spratelloides bryoporus

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • sleď tichomořskýCzech
  • HeringGerman
  • arenque del PacíficoSpanish
  • tyynenmerensilliFinnish
  • harengFrench
  • ニシンJapanese
  • 청어Korean
  • stillehavssildNorwegian Bokmål
  • haringDutch
  • śledź pacyficznyPolish
  • Тихоокеанская сельдьRussian
  • 太平洋鯡Chinese
  • Pazifischer HeringGerman
  • hareng du PacifiqueFrench
  • 鯟、鰊Japanese
  • Pacifische haringDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Pacific herring

Other species in the same genus Clupea.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the Pacific herring?

The Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) belongs to the family Clupeidae in the order Clupeiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-herring

MLA

“Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-herring.

BibTeX
@misc{pacific_herring_2026,
  title = {Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-herring},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}