clupea harangus(n = noun.animal) herring - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific;
is a kind of food fish, clupeid, clupeid fish
has parts: herring
is a member of clupea, genus clupea
has particulars: atlantic herring, clupea harengus harengus, clupea harengus pallasii, pacific herring
clupea, clupea harengus harengus, clupea harengus pallasii, clupea sprattus, genus clupea