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Joachim S. Müller, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Clupeiformes
Family:
Clupeidae
Genus:
Clupea
Species:
harengus
Common:
Atlantic herring
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Polar
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Europe - Inland Waters
North America - Inland Waters
Description
Sound Names: Grunt Thump; Knock
Citable References
Kaschner (2012)
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Sound Name: Unnamed
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111934)
Wahlberg, M., Westerberg, H. 2003. Sounds Produced by Herring (Clupea harengus) Bubble Release. Aquatic Living Resources, 16(3): 271-275.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Wilson, B., Batty, R. S., Dill, L. M. 2003. Pacific and Atlantic Herring Produce Burst Pulse Sounds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 271(Suppl_3): S95-S97.
Fish, M. P. 1954. The Character and Significance of Sound Production among Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 14(3): 1-109.
Fish, M. P., Kelsey, A. S. J., Mowbray, W. H. 1952. Studies on the Production of Underwater Sound by North Atlantic Coastal Fishes. Journal of Marine Research, 11(2): 180-193.
Hahn, T. R., Thomas, G. 2009. Passive Acoustic Detection of Schools of Herring. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(5): 2896-2908.
Freytag, G. 1971. Practical Applications and Limitations in the Method of Fish Finding by Passive Listening. Modern Fishing Gear of the World, 3: 51-55.
Fish, M. P., Mowbray, W. H. 1970. Sounds of Western North Atlantic Fishes, A Reference File of Biological Underwater Sounds. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD.
Langård, L., Øvredal, J. T., Johannessen, A., Nøttestad, L., Skaret, G., Fernö, A., Wahlberg, M. 2008. Sound Production in Pre-Spawning Herring, Cod and Haddock in a Naturally Enclosed Ecosystem. Bioacoustics, 17(1-3): 38-40.