CLUPEIFORMESCLUPEIFORMES| West Germany 1964 | Republic of Korea 1986 | Peru 2004 |
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| Atlantic Herring Clupea harengus (Clupeidae) |
Japanese Pilchard Sardinops melanostictus (Clupeidae) |
Anchoveta Engraulis ringens (Engraulidae) |
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| Japanese Pilchard Sardinops melanostictus (Clupeidae) (CLUPEIFORMES) |
Anchovy Sardine Engraulis japonicus (Engraulidae) (CLUPEIFORMES) |
The position of the pectoral of Clupeiformes is low, and Clupeiformes has the pectoral around blood relation of the stomach. Most kind of Clupeiformes is blue in the back side, and a ventral is silver-white. Child fish is called "Whitebait" with semitransparency. It makes a crowd with the outer layer of the offing from the coast and lives and eats plankton mainly. This group includes a lot of important kinds as a fishery resource.
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