Clupea harangus, herring - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific

saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food

kipper, kippered herring - salted and smoked herring

bloater - large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked

pickled herring - herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)

smoked herring, red herring - a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

brisling, sprat - small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines

whitebait - minnows or other small fresh- or salt-water fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole

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

Clupea, genus Clupea - type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings

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

herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled