Redear Herring
Harengula humeralis
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Family
- Dorosomatidae
- Genus
- Harengula
Where to Find
Found in 32 diving areas across 20 countries and 3 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 10 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 53 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 53 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 1 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 4 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 2 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 2 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 10 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 335 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 795 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 2 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 10 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 515 records
- Utila, Honduras - 515 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 6 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 14 records