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Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847
Pacific herring
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Clupea pallasii
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Japan country information
Common names:
Nishin, ニシン
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from northern Japan (Ref. 11230). Aparently landlocked populations (races) exist in the lakes in eastern Hokkaido and eastern Honshu. These lakes, however, are probably saline (see p. 115, Ref. 188). Also Ref. 6885, 9988, 27436, 37812, 96339. Status of threat: Threatened populations of Lake stocks of Pacific region in Honshu Island (LP) (Ref. 94887).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from northern Japan (Ref. 11230). Aparently landlocked populations (races) exist in the lakes in eastern Hokkaido and eastern Honshu. These lakes, however, are probably saline (see p. 115, Ref. 188). Also Ref. 6885, 9988, 27436, 37812, 96339. Status of threat: Threatened populations of Lake stocks of Pacific region in Honshu Island (LP) (Ref. 94887).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:
Common names from other countries
Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens)
Etymology: Clupea: Latin, clupea = sardine, derived from Clupeus = shield; doubtless a reference to the scales covering the body of the fish + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); pallasii: Named after Petrus Simon Pallas, great Russian naturalist and explorer (Ref. 6885).
Eponymy: Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811) was a German-born Russian (1767) explorer, zoologist and one of greatest 18th century naturalists. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Valenciennes.
Etymology: Clupea: Latin, clupea = sardine, derived from Clupeus = shield; doubtless a reference to the scales covering the body of the fish + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); pallasii: Named after Petrus Simon Pallas, great Russian naturalist and explorer (Ref. 6885).
Eponymy: Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811) was a German-born Russian (1767) explorer, zoologist and one of greatest 18th century naturalists. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Valenciennes.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी
समुद्री; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल; खारा; गैर प्रवासी; गहराई सीमा 0 - 475 m (Ref. 58426). Temperate; 77°N - 33°N, 34°E - 119°W (Ref. 54336)