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flatiron herring (Harengula thrissina)
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Dorosomatidae

flatiron herring

Harengula thrissina

Fish Reaching Eighteen Point Four Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

  • Blue
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

flatiron herring is a fish of Eastern Pacific. Records give a maximum length of 18.4 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Maximum length
18.4 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: La Jolla, California to Peru (at least to Callao), including the Gulf of California (Ref. 35601 ). (This species seems to have two forms or subspecies: Harengula thrissina thrissina from the Gulf of California to Panama and Harengula thrissina peruana from Panama to Peru).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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