Clupea pallasii pallasii

Without prominent keel; no median notch in upper jaw. Gill cover without radiating bony striae. No distinctive dark spots on body or fins. Overlaps C. harengus in White Sea, but distinguished by fewer vertebrae (usually 52 to 55; cf. usually 55 to 57) and fewer post-pelvic scutes (10 to 14; cf. 12 to 16). Dark blue to olivaceous above, shading to silver below (Ref. 27547). Precaudal vertebrae: 29-31-32; caudal vertebrae: 19-22-22 (Ref. 265).

• Clupea lineolata Valenciennes, 1847
• Clupea inermis Basilewsky, 1855
• Clupea mirabilis Girard, 1854
• Clupea harengus pallasi Valenciennes, 1847
• Clupea harengus pallasii Valenciennes, 1847
• Spratelloides bryoporus Cope, 1873
• Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847
• Clupea pallasi Valenciennes, 1847