Hering
Clupea harengus
#nm_0499📍 Germany
- Language
- German
- Transliteration
- Hering
- IPA
- /ˈheːʁɪŋ/
From Middle High German hærinc (herring) ↳ From Old High German hāring (herring), from Proto-Germanic *hēringaz (herring), possibly related to *hēra- (gray, silvery)
Atlantic herring. One of the most abundant fish species. Schooling pelagic fish found in temperate waters of the North Atlantic. Grows to 45cm. Commercially one of the most important fish species in the world.