OSL-Marine Species Identification Guide for the St. Lawrence

Marine Species
of the St. Lawrence

Fishes • Species

Clupea harengus

Atlantic herring - Hareng atlantique

Characteristics:

• bright blue along back

• uniform, no spots

• body long, flattened laterally

• no adipose fin present

May be mistaken for: other pelagics

Family:
Clupeidae

Type of measure:
Total mm

Maximum size:
450 mm

specimen identified

territory covered territory not covered

territory not covered