Atlantic Thread Herring
Opisthonema oglinum
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
- Opisthonema
Where to Find
Found in 38 diving areas across 23 countries and 4 regions.
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 181 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 14 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 14 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 4 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 5 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 5 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 16 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 6 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 7 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 7 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 5 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 22 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 7 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 7 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 4 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 4 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 5 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 6 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 5 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 13 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 5 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 1 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 58 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 57 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 6 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 78 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 15 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 11 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 6440 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 5 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 6 records