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Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii)

  Pacific Herring in Prince William Sound, photo by Mary Whalen
Pacific Herring
(Clupea pallasii)
Photo: Mary Whalen, U.S. Geological Survey

Status
ESA Candidate Species - Southeast Alaska DPS

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Clupea
Species: pallasii

Key Documents
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Title Federal Register Date
Initiation of Status Review 73 FR 19824 04/11/2008

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