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Atlantic herring
Clupea harengus
The Atlantic herring is a small, silvery fish found in the temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Known for forming enormous schools, these fish can number in the billions and play a crucial role in marine food webs. Atlantic herring are swift swimmers and feed primarily …
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- A single Atlantic herring female can lay up to 200,000 eggs in a single spawning season.
- Atlantic herring can form schools so dense that they appear as giant dark patches in the water, visible from above. They are known for their synchronized swimming and can quickly change direction as a group to evade predators. Herring communicate by producing clicking sounds, especially at night.
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