Herring

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• Clupeidae

The herring is a type of small oily fish found in the temperate, shallow waters of the North Atlantic. A smaller variant called the baltic herring lives in the Baltic Sea.

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The herring is composed of nearly 200 species that are grouped together under the genus Clupea, the most abundant of which is the Atlantic herring (English herring) (Clupea harengus). Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are caught, salted and smoked in great quantities.

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A study conducted in 2003 at the University of British Columbia suggests that herrings might communicate by flatulence.

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http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994343

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http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~bwilson/herring.html. This study won the Ig Nobel Prize in 2004.

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Herring: Distribution ►



 

Oily fish: Oily fish (oil-rich fish, pelagic fish) are those fish which have oils throughout the fillet and in the belly cavity around the gut, rather than only in the liver like white fish. Oily fish fillets may contain up to 30% oil, although this figure varies both within and between species. Oily fish gene...

Atlantic: redirect Atlantic Ocean...

Baltic Sea: The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainlands of Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the ?resund, the Great Belt and the Little Belt. Kattegat then continues in the Skagerr...




Herring related Images and Photos (experimental)

Herring Salads	Three Types of Herring: 1. Common Herring 2. Silver-Striped Herring 3. African Herring	Herring in a Bottle	A Fraserburgh Herring Boat Returns to Port Escorted by a Squadron of Sea Gulls 1935
Still Life with Herring Lobster Turbots Mullets Oysters Sea Hen Lemon and Brickwork Pot	Scottish Fisherwomen at Yarmouth Gathering and Cleaning Herring	Dolly Madison after a Drawing of the Original by James Herring