{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Harengula jaguana.jpg | image_caption = Scaled sardine (''Harengula jaguana'') | taxon = Harengula | authority = Valenciennes, 1847 | type_species = ''Harengula latulus'' | type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1847<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Dorosomatidae|access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Hyrtlinus'' <small>Fowler, 1958</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = CofF/> }}
'''''Harengula''''' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Dorosomatidae, the gizzard shads and sarinellas/ The fishes in this genus 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'' has the following species classified within it:<ref name = CofF2>{{Cof genus|genus=Harengula|access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref> * ''Harengula clupeola'' <small>(Cuvier, 1829)</small> (False herring) * ''Harengula humeralis'' <small>(Cuvier, 1829)</small> (Redear herring) * ''Harengula jaguana'' <small>Poey, 1865</small> (Scaled herring) * ''Harengula thrissina'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)</small> (Pacific flatiron herring)
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{FishBase genus | genus = Harengula| month = June | year = 2011}}
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Category:Harengula Category:Dorosomatidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
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