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

Same species, different names