Where does the Atlantic herring, Herring live?
Clupea harengus has 821,725 records in 37 countries and territories, from 1520 to 2026. Most records come from Canada.
- 821,725 records
- 37 places
- 300 years recorded
- — class
AnimaliaChordataClupeiformesClupeidaeClupea
When it is recorded
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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 474,454 | |
| United Kingdom | 74,689 | |
| Poland | 53,534 | |
| Netherlands | 43,663 | |
| Germany | 41,111 | |
| United States | 31,038 | |
| Norway | 24,700 | |
| Sweden | 22,117 | |
| Denmark | 22,077 | |
| Belgium | 14,668 | |
| France | 6,345 | |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 2,913 | |
| Ireland | 2,860 | |
| Latvia | 2,082 | |
| Estonia | 1,411 | |
| Finland | 1,243 | |
| Russia | 941 | |
| Isle of Man | 182 | |
| Iceland | 139 | |
| Faroe Islands | 126 | |
| Åland Islands | 118 | |
| Lithuania | 40 | |
| ZZ | 38 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 29 | |
| Greenland | 22 | |
| China | 2 | |
| Guernsey | 2 | |
| Italy | 2 | |
| Bermuda | 1 | |
| Gabon | 1 | |
| Haiti | 1 | |
| Namibia | 1 | |
| Portugal | 1 | |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | |
| Venezuela | 1 | |
| US Virgin Islands | 1 |
Related animals
Others in the family Clupeidae.
Pacific herring
1,988,333 records
Chilean herring
788,451 records
European sprat, Sprat
422,799 records
Chilean sprat
136,327 records
Bonga shad
8,520 records
Delicate round herring
5,319 records
Madeiran sardinella
3,282 records
Reeve's shad
1,455 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.