#2113 · 🐟 fish
Atlantic Herring
🇳🇱 Haring ·Clupea harengus
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what is it?
Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus ) is a herring in the family Clupeidae. It is one of the most abundant fish species in the world. Atlantic herrings can be found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, congregating in large schools. 4 lb). They feed on copepods, krill and small fish, while their natural predators are seals, whales, cod and other larger fish.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 24 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #42 most seen of the fish in NL.
- 1,135 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Atlantic Herring
- Nederlands
- Haring
- scientific name
- Clupea harengus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Clupeiformes
- family
- Clupeidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 24
- sightings in Europe
- 251
- sightings worldwide
- 1,135
- GBIF records in NL
- 112,775
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 97990, Wikidata Q2396858, GBIF 8351946, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.