Herring
Sardinella aurita
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
- Sardinella
Where to Find
Found in 39 diving areas across 26 countries and 4 regions.
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 13 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 3 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 8 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 5 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 27 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 27 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 2 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 2 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 8 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 6 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 4 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 1 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 20 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 1 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 36 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 11 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 5 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 5 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 6 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 6 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records