membras, Clupea harengus Linnaeus [C.] 1761:128 [Fauna Svecica, sistens Animalia Sveciae Regni, ed. II; ref. 13326] Baltic Sea. No types known. Not a trinominal in Linnaeus 1761, but a vernacular name; dates to Wulff 1765:39 [ref. 17844]. •Synonym of Clupea harengus Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subspecies [subspecies sometimes wrongly dating to Linnaeus] -- (Berg 1948:150 [ref. 12882], Svetovidov 1973:100 [ref. 7169], Whitehead 1985:115 [ref. 5141], Scott & Scott 1988:118 [ref. 25518], Dorofeeva 1998:28 [ref. 23573], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:36 [ref. 28183]). •Synonym of Clupea harengus Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subspecies membras Wulff 1765 -- (Fricke 2007:26 [ref. 30577]). Current status: Synonym of Clupea harengus Linnaeus 1758. Clupeidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.