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  3. Chordates
  4. Ray-finned Fishes
  5. Herrings
  6. Clupeoidei

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Clupeoidei

Clupeoidei

Includes
19 native 4 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Shads and Sardines 8 native
  • Thread Herrings, Gizzard Shads, and Sardinellas 6 native
  • Anchovies 3 native
  • Clupeids 2 native
  • Dwarf Herrings
  • Rainbow Sardines and Red-eye Round Herrings
  • Pristigasterids

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native Clupeoidei All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum 5,926 observations
  • Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus 3,969 observations
  • Pacific Herring Clupea pallasii 2,573 observations
  • Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus 2,159 observations
  • Northern Anchovy Engraulis mordax 1,540 observations
  • Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense 1,491 observations
  • Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli 1,228 observations
  • Atlantic Herring Clupea harengus 1,098 observations
  • American Shad Alosa sapidissima 675 observations
  • Pacific Sardine Sardinops sagax 631 observations
  • Gulf Menhaden Brevoortia patronus 620 observations
  • Atlantic Thread Herring Opisthonema oglinum 420 observations
  • Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris 376 observations
  • Striped Anchovy Anchoa hepsetus 317 observations
  • Skipjack Shad Alosa chrysochloris 272 observations
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