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Atlantic Thread Herring
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Atlantic Thread Herring

Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishAtlantic Thread Herring
DutchDraadharing
SpanishSardina vivita de hebra
Chinese大西洋后丝鲱
Scientific nameOpisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818)

About this species

The Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum) is a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae.

It has a dark blue-gray back, silvery sides, a white belly, and a small head. It grows up to 38 cm in length. It can be found in shallow waters and harbors along the coasts of the western Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Cod south to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico. It feeds mainly on plankton, but also takes small fish and crustaceans.

It is confused with the scaled sardine, Harengula jaguana, by anglers.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderClupeiformes
FamilyClupeidae
GenusOpisthonema

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