Herring Gallery

Illustrated side view of an Oarfish (Regalecus glesne), a long ribbon-like, silvery coloured, deep sea fish with a deep red dorsal fin running the whole length of its body and long rays forming a crest over its head

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Fisher Girls

circa 1902: Scottish women gutting herrings at Scarborough harbour. Thousands of women travel from Scotland to Great Yarmouth to process the catch during the autumn herring season. They work in groups and can be seen knitting on the harbour while waiting for the trawlers to return. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Atlantic thread herring, Opisthonema oglinum

Atlantic thread herring, Opisthonema oglinum, and European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

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