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Taxon: Species Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 - Atlantic herring (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 317-318.

Types

Type of: Clupea (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Gill, 1861: 35. [new]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Clupea harengus harengus Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Unavailable name: Harengus nom. inval.

Synonyms

Accepted name: Kudoa clupeidae (Hahn, 1917) Meglitsch, 1947 Ref: M.L. Kent et al., 2000: 142.
Synonymous name: Clupea alba Yarrell, 1829 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea atlanticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea britannicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea caledonicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea cimbricus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea elongata Lesueur, 1818 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea frisius Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea halec Mitchill, 1814 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus atlanticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus borealis Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus britannicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus caledonicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus cimbricus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus frisius Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus islandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus ivernicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus norvegivus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus scandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus scoticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea harengus septemtrionalis Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea islandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea ivernicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea leachii Yarrell, 1832 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea minima Storer, 1839 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea norvegivus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea scandicus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea scoticus Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Clupea septemtrionalis Schnakenbeck, 1931 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Cyprinus esca Walbaum, 1792 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Rogenia alba Valenciennes, 1847 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: haring Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
: Atlantische haring Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: Atlantic herring
: common herring Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 682.
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