clupea harangus

1. Commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific (synset 102534659)
   is a 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
   subtypes:

   • 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
   belongs to: clupea, genus clupea - type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings
   has: herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
   same as: herring

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