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Pacific herring are sexually mature at 3-4 years of age and spawn every year after reaching maturity. Spawning occurs in the spring in shallow, vegetated areas in intertidal and subtidal zones.
Pacific herring
A "flashy" fish
Pacific herring inhabit the inshore waters of the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to California. They have a trout-like body shape, large scales, a single dorsal fin, and a forked tail.
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
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Clupea pallasii pallasii, Pacific Herring
Coenobita perlatus, Land Hermit Crab
Colpophyllia natans, Boulder Brain Coral
Coregonus zenithicus, Shortjaw Cisco
Coris cuvieri, African Coris
Coris batuensis, Batu Coris
Coris ballieui, Lined Coris ...
Some principal foods include sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus), Pacific herring (Clupea haringus), capelin (Mallotus villosus), and the invertebrates Euphausia pacifica and Thysanoessa spinifera [16,17,23].
Sunlight and Bunker Oil a Fatal Combination for Pacific Herring
December 27, 2011 " The 2007 Cosco Busan disaster, which spilled 54,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, had an unexpectedly lethal impact on embryonic fish, ...
 See also: Herring, Whale, Shell, Salmon, Shark
  
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