Herring
Harengula jaguana
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 46 diving areas across 25 countries and 5 regions.
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 4 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 443 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 2 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 10 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 11 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 4 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 8 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 6 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 8 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 4 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 4 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 9 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 8 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 18 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 2 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 165 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 254 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 6 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 128 records
- Utila, Honduras - 129 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 7 records
- Huatulco, Mexico - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 14 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 175 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 25 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 6 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 12 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 2 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records