Search: herring
WorldHerring
Small, silvery forage fish that form large schools in temperate oceans and are vital to global fisheries.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralian herring
A silver coastal fish from southern Australia.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1831
WorldDorab wolf-herring
Slender coastal fish of the Indo-PacificOther · Coasts and shelves
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreAtlantic herring
Abundant schooling fish of the North AtlanticHerring · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 4 morePacific herring
Silvery forage fish of the North PacificHerring · Coasts and shelves
WorldGiant oarfish
The world's longest ray-finned fish, known for its ribbon-like body and crimson crest.Other · Open ocean · 1772
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreMenhaden
Small silver forage fish that filter plankton and support marine food webs.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United StatesAtlantic menhaden
A silvery herring species found along the North American Atlantic coast.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇮🇪 IrelandTwait shad
Anadromous herring-like fish with flank spotsHerring · Rivers and lakes
WorldSpotted sardinella
A small herring with golden spots found in the Indo-Pacific.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreEuropean hake
A predatory demersal fish of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.Other · Coasts and shelves
WorldIndo-Pacific tarpon
A migratory fish found in Indo-Pacific fresh and salt waters.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreIndian river shad
A shad found in rivers and flooded fields across South Asia.Herring · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesCisco
Small salmonid fish of northern lakes and seasSalmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 4 moreToli shad
A prized shad of the Indian and Pacific coastsHerring · Rivers and lakes
Southeast AsiaWhite sardine
Small tropical clupeid fish of the Indo-Pacific.Herring · Coasts and shelves · 1847
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreKnightia
Extinct herring-like fish from the Green River Formation, famous for its abundant fossils.Herring · Rivers and lakes · 1856
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreAmerican gizzard shad
A silvery freshwater forage fish with a muscular gizzard.Herring · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreGoldeye
A silver freshwater fish known for its smoked culinary form.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAlewife
A small North American herring that migrates between sea and rivers.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 4 moreIlish
Anadromous herring species prized as a delicacy in South Asia and the Middle East.Herring · Rivers and lakes
🇳🇴 Norway and 3 moreEuropean sprat
A small schooling fish in the herring family found across European seas.Herring · Coasts and shelves · 1758
WorldRainbow sardine
Small iridescent fish of the Indo-Pacific and Mediterranean.Herring · Coasts and shelves
WorldSardinops
A genus of sardines found in warm oceans worldwide.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 1 moreSprat
Small forage fish of the genus Sprattus and related genera in the herring family.Herring · Coasts and shelves
WorldKelee shad
A small tropical shad found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific.Herring · Coasts and shelves
WorldSardine
Small, oily forage fish in the herring suborder Clupeoidei.Herring · Coasts and shelves
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Cisco: Painting by Ellen Edmonson, Public domain, source
- Knightia: Wilson44691, CC0, source
- American gizzard shad: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Goldeye: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
- Alewife: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Oarfish: Sandstein, CC BY 3.0, source
- Menhaden: Thomas William Smillie, Public domain, source
- Atlantic menhaden: ricofish, CC0, source
- Twait shad: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spotted sardinella: Gihan Jayaweera, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- European hake: Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Indo-Pacific tarpon: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Indian river shad: C. Achilles, Public domain, source
- White sardine: Hariprasad Shetty10, CC0, source
- Australian herring: Kare, Public domain, source
- Toli shad: BEDO (Thailand), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sardine: TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋), CC BY 2.0, source
- Herring: Gervais et Boulart, 1877, Public domain, source
- Atlantic herring: zakqaryroy, CC BY 4.0, source
- Sprat: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ilish: Nahid Sultan This work was made by Nahid Sultan and released under the, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- European sprat: andyjordan, CC BY 4.0, source
- Rainbow sardine: C. Achilles, Public domain, source
- Sardinops: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pacific herring: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Kelee shad: C. Achilles, Public domain, source
- Dorab wolf-herring: Ewout Knoester, CC BY-SA 4.0, source