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Apr 19, 2012
Acipenser medirostris
Olive to dark green on back and sides; shovel-shaped snout with large fleshy barbels; barbels usually closer to mouth than to snout tip; large bony scutes along back and sides (22-33 scutes along sides); 1 row of preanal scutes. Total length up to 213 cm.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Apr 19, 2012
Clupea pallasii
Pacific herrings have a compressed body, blue-green to olive back, silvery belly, one short dorsal fin in the middle of the back, no spines in the fins, a deeply forked tail, no adipose fin, no black spots on the sides, no striations on the gill covers, and weak belly scutes that are not strongly keeled. The pelvic fin is directly under the dorsal fin. Maximum length is about 1.5 feet (46 cm).
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