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Common Name

Pacific Herring

Specimen Numbers

USNM-285010

Species

Species: pallasii

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Osteichthyes Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei Superorder: Clupeomorpha Order: Clupeiformes Suborder: Clupeoidei Family: Clupeidae Subfamily: Clupeinae Genus: Clupea Species: pallasii 1033

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	0	0	0
Thoracic Vertebrae Middle	0	0	0
Caudal Vertebrae Middle	0	0	0
Mesethmoid	0	0	0
Vomer	0	0	0

Specimen Elements

City

Seattle

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

K. Bonham

Collection

SI:VertebrateZoo:Fishes

Sex

Unknown

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

SI:VertebrateZoo:Fishes

Country: USA State: Washington - - Location: Seattle

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements

Specimen Links

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Comments

Purchased frozen for Fur Seals; Fam: 050; Spec: 001; Prep: ostelo; Acc no.: 372195; Date cataloged: 29 December 1986

Specimen is mostly articulated