Medium: 20 to 60 cm
Hilsa, mackerel, trout, tilapia and most food fish. 265 fish.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAlewife
A small North American herring that migrates between sea and rivers.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇹🇷 Turkey and 4 moreAnchovy
Small, oily forage fish found in oceans and some rivers worldwide.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United StatesAtlantic menhaden
A silvery herring species found along the North American Atlantic coast.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreGulf menhaden
Small filter-feeding fish of the Gulf of MexicoHerring · 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
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 morePeruvian anchoveta
Small Pacific fish vital for fishmeal and growing food useHerring · Coasts and shelves
WorldBloch's gizzard shad
Small anadromous fish found across the Indo-West Pacific.Herring · Rivers and lakes · 1795
🇲🇦 Morocco and 2 moreEuropean pilchard
Small schooling fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇹🇷 Turkey and 4 moreEuropean anchovy
Small coastal forage fish of Europe and AfricaHerring · Coasts and shelves · 1758
WorldHerring
Small, silvery forage fish that form large schools in temperate oceans and are vital to global fisheries.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreAtlantic herring
Abundant schooling fish of the North AtlanticHerring · 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
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
🇺🇸 United States and 4 morePacific herring
Silvery forage fish of the North PacificHerring · Coasts and shelves
WorldRound sardinella
Small pelagic fish found in warm Atlantic and Mediterranean waters.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreChacunda gizzard shad
A small clupeid fish found across the Indo-West Pacific region.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.
- Alewife: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Anchovy: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Atlantic menhaden: ricofish, CC0, source
- Gulf menhaden: Joel boumje, Public domain, source
- Twait shad: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Spotted sardinella: Gihan Jayaweera, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Peruvian anchoveta: Robbie N. Cada ., CC BY 3.0, source
- Bloch's gizzard shad: C. Achilles, Public domain, source
- European pilchard: Gervais et Boulart, Public domain, source
- European anchovy: duarte, CC BY 4.0, source
- Herring: Gervais et Boulart, 1877, Public domain, source
- Atlantic herring: zakqaryroy, CC BY 4.0, source
- Ilish: Nahid Sultan This work was made by Nahid Sultan and released under the, CC BY-SA 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
- Round sardinella: avnj, CC BY 4.0, source
- Chacunda gizzard shad: Jean-Lou Justine, CC BY-SA 3.0, source