Pacific Ocean Babies
Babies of a Pacific Herring
Clupea harengus pallasi Valenciennes
Gallery of Baby Fish

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14 mm size of a Pacific Herring
Top, dorsal view; Middle, lateral view;
Bottom, ventral view.

20 mm size of a Pacific Herring
Top, dorsal view; Middle, lateral view;
Bottom, ventral view.

DATA ABOUT SPECIMENS ABOVE

Specimens above caught: 2 April, 1972.
Collection Site: Broken Island Group and Deer Island Group, Barkley Sound, Pacific Ocean, British Columbia, Canada.
Collection Depth: Daylight, near-surface tow-depths along islands in 20 - 50m water depths.
Collection Method: Ten–minute tows with conical, fine-mesh townets.
Collector: John Dobrocky, Dobrocky Seatech, Ltd., Victoria, BC.
Illustrations above: Copyright, 2000, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Pacific Ocean Babies