- herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
--1 is a kind of saltwater fish
--1 is a part of herring, Clupea harangus
--1 has particulars:kipper, kippered herring; bloater; pickled herring; red herring, smoked herring; sprat, brisling; whitebait - herring, Clupea harangus - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
--2 is a kind of clupeid fish, clupeid; food fish
--2 is a member of Clupea, genus Clupea
--2 has parts: herring
--2 has particulars:Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus harengus; Pacific herring, Clupea harengus pallasii - herring, Clupea harangus - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific