Baltic herring
Clupea harengus membras
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- Language
- English
- Transliteration
- Baltic herring
- IPA
- /ˈbɔːltɪk ˈherɪŋ/
Compound: Baltic + herring Baltic: From Latin Balticus (the Baltic Sea) ↳ Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (white, shining), or from Lithuanian baltas (white) herring: From Old English hǣring ↳ From Proto-Germanic *hēringaz, possibly related to hǣr (gray, silvery), describing the fish's appearance
Baltic herring, smaller subspecies of Atlantic herring