Clupea harangus

Synonyms:

herring

Types:

Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus harengus

important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic

Clupea harengus pallasii, Pacific herring

important food fish of the northern Pacific

Type of:

food fish

any fish used for food by human beings

clupeid, clupeid fish

any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas