#herrings

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Fish

Clupeiformes. This order includes many important food fish, including herrings and anchovies.

Lepisosteiformes. This order is made up of the gar, a relatively large and elongated fish whose swim bladder can funciton as lungs.

Which clade of animals is better?

Clupeiformes

Lepisosteiformes

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Voting ended onMar 13, 2024

[thatpollguy]

Do you like herring?

I love it

I like it

It's okay I guess

I dislike it

I hate it

I've never tried it / I'm allergic, intolerant, vegan or vegetarian

Voting ended onApr 5

[the-cricket-chirps]

Winslow Homer

The Herring Net

1885

[antiqueanimals]

Album of Sharks, Tom McGowen, 1977. Illustrated by Rod Ruth.

[rattyexplores]

Photos 1-2 - Gerres filamentosus

Photos 3-4 - Herklotsichthys castelnaui

Photos 5-6 - Sillago ciliata

Some fish spotted/caught at low tide.

13/08/23 - Actinopterygii spp.

QLD:WET - Flying Fish Point, low tide sandy bay

[version-13]

herrings 2023 NYC, United States

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

In 2012, thousands of dead herring blanketed a stretch of the coast along northern Norway and then simply disappeared into thin air. Estimates put the number of the dead around twenty tons worth, though it could not be verified. The fish disappeared before an official count could be made.