Pacific herring
E216283
Pacific herring is a small, schooling forage fish of the North Pacific Ocean that plays a key ecological role as a primary food source for many marine predators and supports important commercial fisheries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pacific herring canonical | 7 |
| Clupea pallasii | 1 |
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fish species
ⓘ
forage fish ⓘ marine organism ⓘ |
| behavior | schooling ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Pacific herring
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Clupea pallasii
|
| bodyColor | bluish-green back with silvery sides ⓘ |
| bodyShape | slender ⓘ |
| class | Actinopterygii ⓘ |
| commercialUse |
bait fish
ⓘ
food fish ⓘ roe fishery resource ⓘ |
| commonName |
Pacific herring
self-link
ⓘ
Pacific sardine herring ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | traditional food for many Indigenous coastal communities ⓘ |
| diet |
phytoplankton
ⓘ
plankton ⓘ zooplankton ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | transfers energy from plankton to higher trophic levels ⓘ |
| eggType | adhesive eggs ⓘ |
| family | Clupeidae ⓘ |
| fisheryRegion |
Alaska
ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ West Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. West Coast
|
| foundIn |
Bering Sea
ⓘ
California Current ⓘ Gulf of Alaska ⓘ Sea of Japan ⓘ Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ coastal waters of North America ⓘ coastal waters of northeast Asia ⓘ |
| habitat |
bays
ⓘ
coastal marine waters ⓘ continental shelf ⓘ estuaries ⓘ |
| importance |
key ecological species in North Pacific food webs
ⓘ
supports important commercial fisheries ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespan | up to about 15 years ⓘ |
| managementConcern | subject to fishery management regulations ⓘ |
| maximumLength | approximately 38 centimeters ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
North Pacific Ocean
|
| order | Clupeiformes ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Clupea
ⓘ
Clupeidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| preyedUponBy |
larger predatory fish
ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ salmon ⓘ sea lions ⓘ seabirds ⓘ seals ⓘ whales ⓘ |
| processedAs |
canned product
ⓘ
frozen product ⓘ salted product ⓘ smoked product ⓘ |
| reproduction | spawning fish ⓘ |
| spawningHabitat | nearshore waters ⓘ |
| spawningSubstrate |
marine vegetation
ⓘ
rocks ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
climate variability
ⓘ
habitat degradation ⓘ overfishing ⓘ pollution ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | primary consumer ⓘ |
| trophicRole | forage species ⓘ |
| typicalLength | about 20 to 25 centimeters ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Clupea pallasii