Clupea harangus

Definitions of Clupea harangus

1. noun

   commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
   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