Atlantic thread herring

It has a dark blue-gray back, silvery sides, a white belly and a small head.

The Atlantic thread herring lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 5 - m environment.

The Atlantic thread herring, Opisthonema oglinum, is a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae. It has a dark blue-gray back, silvery sides, a white belly and a small head. It grows up to 38 cm in length. More

The Atlantic Thread Herring makes for a good bait fish when targeting Tarpon, Kingfish, Blacktip and Spinner Sharks, Jack Crevalle, Redfish and Snook. More

Atlantic Thread Herring Fish Species Information Scientific Fish Name: Opisthonema oglinum Other Fish Species Names: Regions Fished: Found in shallow waters and harbors along the coasts of the western Atlantic Ocean, from Cape More

Atlantic Thread Herring, Thread Herring, Herring, Gizzard Shad Fight Rating: EASY HARD Specie Description: Back dark blue/gray, sides silvery, belly white; small head. More

of the Atlantic thread herring, Opisthonema oglinum, and aspects of it's early life history in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. NOAA Fish. Bull. 753, 2:493-519. 3709* Pristas, P.J., Cheek, R.P. 1973. Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum)-movements and population size inferred from tag returns. Fish. Bull., U.S. 71:297-301. More

Common names

Alaccia vessillifera in Italian (Italiano)
Arenca in Spanish (español)
Arengue in French (français)
Atlantic thread herring in English
Atlantische draadvinnige haring in Dutch (Nederlands)
Atlantischer Fadenhering in German (Deutsch)
Atlantisk trådsild in Danish (dansk)
Atlantisk Trådsill in Swedish (Svenska)
Bariketju in Papiamento
Bermuda herring in English
Caiçara in Portuguese (Português)
Cailleu tassart in French (français)
Chardin in French (français)
Chardin fil in French (français)
Draadharing in Dutch (Nederlands)
Fadenhering in German (Deutsch)
Faux hareng in French (français)
Faux hareng de l'Atlantique in French (français)
Hairy back in English
Hareng in French (français)
Haring in Dutch (Nederlands)
Haring in Papiamento
Harryback in English
Herink vláknoploutvý in Czech (česky)
Herring in English
Herring in Papiamento
Karibik-Sild in German (Deutsch)
Konoshiro-modoki in Japanese (日本語)
Maçambê in Portuguese (Português)
MaçambÍ in Portuguese (Português)
Machete do Atlântico in Portuguese (Português)
Machete-do-Atlântico in Portuguese (Português)
Machuelo in Spanish (español)
Machuelo atlántico in Spanish (español)
Machuelo de hebra in Spanish (español)
Machuelo hebra atlántico in Spanish (español)
Manjuba in Portuguese (Português)
Manjuba-lombo-azul in Portuguese (Português)
Manjubão in Portuguese (Português)
Opistonema atlantycka in Polish (polski)
Plumuda do Atlântico in Portuguese (Português)
Sabodta in Wayuu
Sadine in Creole, French
Sadine in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Sardina de altura in Spanish (español)
Sardina de lacha in Spanish (español)
sardina vivita de hebra in Spanish (español)
Sardinha in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha bandeira in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha barriga-larga in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha da lage in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha lombo-azul in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha penacho in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-azul in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-baleia in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-bandeira in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-chata in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-de-galha in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-de-gato in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-de-penacho in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-do-alto in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-facão in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-falcão in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-gaia in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-galho in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-gato in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-gulosa in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-lage in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-laje in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-larga in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-peú in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-preta in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-roliça in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-verdadeira in Portuguese (Português)
Sardinha-verde in Portuguese (Português)
sargo in English
sargo in Portuguese (Português)
Siimasilli in Finnish (suomen kieli)
sprat in English
Thread herring in English
Thread-herring in English
Xangó in Portuguese (Português)
мачуела атлантическая in Russian (русский язык)
опистонема in Russian (русский язык)
大西洋后丝鲱(线鲱) in Mandarin Chinese
大西洋後絲鯡(線鯡) in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Clupeiformes
Family : Clupeidae
Genus : Opisthonema
Species : Opisthonema oglinum
Authority : Lesueur, 1818