Harengula is a genus of herrings that occur mostly in the western Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, with one species in the eastern Pacific Ocean. There are currently four described species. Species Harengula clupeola (Cuvier, 1829) (False herring) Harengula humeralis (Cuvier, 1829) (Redear herring) Harengula jaguana Poey, 1865 (Scaled herring) Harengula thrissina (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Pacific flatiron herring) References Clupeidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes