Editing Herring (section)

==Species==
{{common fish}}

A number of different species, most belonging to the family [[Clupeidae]], are commonly referred to as herrings. The origins of the term "herring" is somewhat unclear, though it may derive from the same source as the [[Old High German]] ''heri'' meaning a "host, multitude", in reference to the large schools they form.<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=herring Herring] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512061237/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=herring |date=2015-05-12 }} ''Online Etymology Dictionary'', Retrieved 10 April 2012.</ref>

The [[type genus]] of the herring family Clupeidae is ''[[Clupea]]''.<ref name=PaulyDarwin>Pauly, Daniel (2004) [https://books.google.com/books?id=lTDa0fM4vQIC&dq=pauly+%22darwin%27s+fishes%22+herring&pg=PA109 ''Darwin's Fishes: An Encyclopedia of Ichthyology, Ecology, and Evolution''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529124808/https://books.google.com/books?id=lTDa0fM4vQIC&pg=PA109&dq=pauly+%22darwin%27s+fishes%22+herring&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RbOTT_2jF8TxmAXj5tDSAQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA |date=2016-05-29 }} Page 109, Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-521-82777-5}}.</ref> ''Clupea'' contains only two species: the [[Atlantic herring]] (the type species) found in the North Atlantic, and the [[Pacific herring]] mainly found in the North Pacific. [[Subspecies|Subspecific]] divisions have been suggested for both the Atlantic and Pacific herrings, but their biological basis remains unclear.

{| class="wikitable collapsible"
|-
! colspan="11"| Herrings in the genus ''Clupea''
|-
! Common name
! Scientific name
! Maximum<br/>length
! Common<br/>length
! Maximum<br/>weight
! Maximum<br/>age
! [[Trophic level|Trophic<br/>level]]
! [[FishBase|Fish<br/>Base]]
! [[FAO]]
! [[ITIS]]
! [[IUCN|IUCN status]]

|-
| [[Atlantic herring]]
| ''Clupea harengus'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 45.0&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"| 30.0&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.05&nbsp;kg
| style="text-align:right;"| 22 years
| style="text-align:center;"| 3.23
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="ReferenceA">{{FishBase | genus = Clupea | species = harengus | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2886/en ''Clupea harengus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104231714/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2886/en |date=2012-01-04 }} FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161722 |taxon=Clupea harengus |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name=IUCNgladius>{{cite iucn |author=Herdson, D. |author2=Priede, I.G. |date=2010 |title=''Clupea harengus'' |volume=2010 |page=e.T155123A4717767 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155123A4717767.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Pacific herring]]
| ''Clupea pallasii'' <small>Valenciennes, 1847</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 46.0&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.0&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 19 years
| style="text-align:center;"| 3.15
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="ReferenceA"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2078/en ''Clupea pallasii'' (Valenciennes, 1847) ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206063253/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2078/en |date=2011-12-06 }} FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=551209 |taxon=Clupea pallasii |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>
| [[File:DD IUCN 3 1.svg|DD IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Data deficient</small><ref>{{cite iucn|author1=Gustafson, R.|author2=Sandell, T.|author3=Cleary, J.|year=2019|title=''Clupea pallasii''|page=e.T98471199A98845541|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T98471199A98845541.en|access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
|}

In addition, a number of related species, all in the Clupeidae, are commonly referred to as herrings. The table immediately below includes those members of the family Clupeidae referred to by [[FishBase]] as herrings which have been assessed by the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]].

{| class="wikitable collapsible"
|-
! colspan="12" style="width:450px;"| Other herrings in the family Clupeidae
|-
! Group
! Common name
! Scientific name
! Maximum<br/>length
! Common<br/>length
! Maximum<br/>weight
! Maximum<br/>age
! [[Trophic level|Trophic<br/>level]]
! [[FishBase|Fish<br/>Base]]
! [[FAO]]
! [[ITIS]]
! [[IUCN|IUCN status]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Pellonulinae|Freshwater herrings]]
| [[Toothed river herring]]
| ''Clupeoides papuensis'' <small>(Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Clupeoides | species = papuensis | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Clupeoides papuensis |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:DD IUCN 3 1.svg|DD IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Data deficient</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |date=2019 |title=''Clupeoides papuensis'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T4984A102881251 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T4984A102881251.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| [[Dussumieriinae|Round herrings]]
| [[Day's round herring]]
| ''Dayella malabarica'' <small>(Day, 1873)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Dayella | species = malabarica | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Dayella malabarica |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Mohd Arshaad, W. |author2=Munroe, T.A. |author3=Gaughan, D. |author4=Raghavan, R. |author5=Ali, A. |date=2017 |title=''Dayella malabarica'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T172314A60601652 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T172314A60601652.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dwarf round herring]]
| ''Jenkinsia lamprotaenia'' <small>(Gosse, 1851)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Jenkinsia | species = lamprotaenia | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Jenkinsia lamprotaenia |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Munroe, T.A. |author2=Di Dario, F. |date=2020 |title=''Jenkinsia lamprotaenia'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T154793A18130945 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T154793A18130945.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Estuarine Round-herring|Gilchrist's round herring]]
| ''Gilchristella aestuaria'' <small>(Gilchrist, 1913)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Gilchristella | species = aestuaria | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Gilchristella aestuaria |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Bills, R. |date=2007 |title=''Gilchristella aestuaria'' |volume=2007 |page=e.T63245A12644478 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63245A12644478.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Little-eye round herring]]
| ''Jenkinsia majua'' <small>Whitehead, 1963</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Jenkinsia | species = majua | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Jenkinsia majua |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |author2=Munroe, T.A. |author3=Grijalba Bendeck, L. |author4=Aiken, K.A. |date=2020 |title=''Jenkinsia majua'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T155253A46930957 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T155253A46930957.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Red-eye round herring]]
| ''Etrumeus sadina'' <small>(Mitchill, 1814)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 33&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"| 25&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Etrumeus | species = sadina| month = March| year = 2024}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>[https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/aqspecies/2902/en ''Etrumeus teres'' (De Kay, 1842)] FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved 25 March 2024.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161744|taxon=''Etrumeus sadina''|access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn|author1=Munroe, T.|author2=Aiken, K.A.|author3=Brown, J.|author4=Grijalba Bendeck, L.|year=2015|title=''Etrumeus sadina''|page=e.T82626288A15603445|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T82626288A15603445.en|access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Two-finned round herring]]
| ''Spratellomorpha bianalis'' <small>(Bertin, 1940)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.5&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 3.11
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Spratellomorpha | species = bianalis | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=551273 |taxon=Spratellomorpha bianalis |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:DD IUCN 3 1.svg|DD IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Data deficient</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Sparks, J.S. |date=2016 |title=''Spratellomorpha bianalis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T44664A96229991 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44664A96229991.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Whitehead's round herring]]
| ''Etrumeus whiteheadi'' <small>(Wongratana, 1983)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 20&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 3.4
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Etrumeus | species = whiteheadi | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2096/en ''Etrumeus whiteheadi'' (Wongratana, 1983) ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813202434/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2096/en |date=2014-08-13 }} FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=551211 |taxon=Etrumeus whiteheadi |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name="Munroe, T.A. 2020 e.T154968A15530233">{{cite iucn |author=Munroe, T.A. |author2=Di Dario, F. |date=2020 |title=''Etrumeus whiteheadi'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T154968A15530233 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T154968A15530233.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Venezuelan herring]]
| ''Jenkinsia parvula'' <small>Cervigón and Velasquez, 1978</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Jenkinsia | species = parvula | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Jenkinsia parvula |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:VU IUCN 3 1.svg|VU IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Vulnerable</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |author2=Munroe, T.A. |author3=Aiken, K.A. |author4=Brown, J. |author5=Grijalba Bendeck, L. |date=2017 |title=''Jenkinsia parvula'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T10939A86372523 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T10939A86372523.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|[[Opisthonema|Thread herrings]]
| [[Galapagos thread herring]]
| ''Opisthonema berlangai'' <small>(Günther, 1867)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 26&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"| 18&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 3.27
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Opisthonema | species = berlangai | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="ReferenceB">{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Opisthonema libertate |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:VU IUCN 3 1.svg|VU IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Vulnerable</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |date=2020 |title=''Opisthonema berlangai'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T183720A102896673 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183720A102896673.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Middling thread herring]]
| ''Opisthonema medirastre'' <small>Berry & Barrett, 1963</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Opisthonema | species = medirastre | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Opisthonema medirastre |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |date=2020 |title=''Opisthonema medirastre'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T183235A102897018 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183235A102897018.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Pacific thread herring]]
| ''Opisthonema libertate'' <small>(Günther, 1867)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 30&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"| 22&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Opisthonema | species = libertate | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2906/en ''Opisthonema libertate'' (Günther, 1867) ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414061709/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2906/en |date=2013-04-14 }} FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="ReferenceB"/>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref name="Munroe, T.A. 2020 e.T154968A15530233"/>
|-
| [[Slender thread herring]]
| ''Opisthonema bulleri'' <small>(Regan, 1904)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Opisthonema | species = bulleri | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Opisthonema bulleri |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |date=2020 |title=''Opisthonema bulleri'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T183910A102896852 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183910A102896852.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="10"|Other
| [[Araucanian herring]]
| ''Strangomera bentincki'' <small>(Norman, 1936)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 28.4&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 2.69
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{FishBase | genus = Clupea | species = bentincki | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2913/en ''Clupea bentincki'' (Norman, 1936) ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729052304/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2913/en |date=2012-07-29 }} FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=615818 |taxon=Clupea bentincki |access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn|author1=Di Dario, F.|author2=Williams, J.|name-list-style=amp|year=2017|title=''Strangomera bentincki''|page=e.T98841657A98887036|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98841657A98887036.en|access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Blackstripe herring]]
| ''Lile nigrofasciata'' <small>Castro-Aguirre Ruiz-Campos and Balart, 2002</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Lile | species = nigrofasciata | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Lile nigrofasciata |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |date=2020 |title=''Lile nigrofasciata'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T183437A102896150 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183437A102896150.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Denticle herring]]
| ''Denticeps clupeoides'' <small>Clausen, 1959</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Denticeps | species = clupeoides | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Denticeps clupeoides |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:VU IUCN 3 1.svg|VU IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Vulnerable</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Lalèyè, P. |date=2020 |title=''Denticeps clupeoides'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T182459A134946905 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182459A134946905.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dogtooth herring]]
| ''Chirocentrodon bleekerianus'' <small>(Poey, 1867)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Chirocentrodon | species = bleekerianus | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Chirocentrodon bleekerianus |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |author2=Williams, J.T. |author3=Nanola, C. |author4=Arceo, H. |author5=Acosta, A.K.M. |author6=Palla, H.P. |author7=Muallil, R. |author8=Ram, M. |author9=Beresford, A. |author10=Collen, B. |author11=Richman, N. |author12=Chenery, A. |date=2017 |title=''Chirocentrodon bleekerianus'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T155181A46929727 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T155181A46929727.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Graceful herring]]
| ''Lile gracilis'' <small>Castro-Aguirre and Vivero, 1990</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Lile | species = gracilis | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Lile gracilis |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Iwamoto, T. |author2=Eschmeyer, W. |author3=Smith-Vaniz, B. |date=2010 |title=''Lile gracilis'' |volume=2010 |page=e.T183277A8085306 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183277A8085306.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Pacific Flatiron herring]]
| ''Harengula thrissina'' <small>(Jordan and Gilbert, 1882)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Harengula | species = thrissina | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Harengula thrissina |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Iwamoto, T. |author2=Eschmeyer, W. |author3=Smith-Vaniz, B. |date=2010 |title=''Harengula thrissina'' |volume=2010 |page=e.T183931A8201850 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183931A8201850.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sanaga pygmy herring]]
| ''Thrattidion noctivagus'' <small>Roberts, 1972</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Thrattidion | species = noctivagus | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Thrattidion noctivagus |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |date=2018 |title=''Thrattidion noctivagus'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T182664A143864630 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T182664A143864630.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Silver-stripe round herring]]
| ''Spratelloides gracilis'' <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.5&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 3.0
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{FishBase | genus = Spratelloides | species = gracilis | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=551212 |taxon=Spratelloides gracilis|access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn|author1=Priede, I.G.|author2=Santos, M.|author3=Gapuz, A.V.|author4=Lanzuela, N.|author5=Buccat, F.G.A.|author6=Lopez, G.|author7=Villarao, M.C.|author8=Doyola, M.C.|author9=Deligero, R.|author10=Hata, H.|author11=Alcantara, M.|author12=Gatlabayan, L.V.|author13=Tambihasan, A.M.|author14=Villanueva, J.A.|author15=Parido, L.|author16=Belga, P.B.|year=2017|title=''Spratelloides gracilis''|page=e.T154759A102899206|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T154759A102899206.en|access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Striped herring]]
| ''Lile stolifera'' <small>(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
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| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Lile | species = stolifera | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Lile stolifera |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Iwamoto, T. |author2=Eschmeyer, W. |date=2010 |title=''Lile stolifera'' |volume=2010 |page=e.T183336A8095864 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183336A8095864.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[West African pygmy herring]]
| ''Sierrathrissa leonensis'' <small>Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Sierrathrissa | species = leonensis | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Sierrathrissa leonensis |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Diouf, K. |author2=Moelants, T. |author3=Olaosebikan, B.D. |date=2020 |title=''Sierrathrissa leonensis'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T181746A134911200 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181746A134911200.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|}

Also, a number of other species are called herrings, which may be related to clupeids or just share some characteristics of herrings (such as the [[lake herring]], which is a [[salmonid]]). Just which of these species are called herrings can vary with locality, so what might be called a herring in one locality might be called something else in another locality. Some examples:

{| class="wikitable collapsible"
|-
! colspan="12" style="width:450px;"| Other fishes called herring
|-
!
! Common name
! Scientific name
! Maximum<br/>length
! Common<br/>length
! Maximum<br/>weight
! Maximum<br/>age
! [[Trophic level|Trophic<br/>level]]
! [[FishBase|Fish<br/>Base]]
! [[FAO]]
! [[ITIS]]
! [[IUCN|IUCN status]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7"| [[Pristigasteridae|Longfin herring]]
| [[Bigeyed longfin herring]]
| ''Opisthopterus macrops'' <small>(Günther, 1867)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Opisthopterus | species = macrops | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Opisthopterus macrops |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |date=2020 |title=''Opisthopterus macrops'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T183414A102907138 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183414A102907138.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dove's longfin herring]]
| ''Opisthopterus dovii'' <small>(Günther 1868)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Opisthonema | species = dovii | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Opisthopterus dovii |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |date=2020 |title=''Opisthopterus dovii'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T183922A102906567 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183922A102906567.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hatchet herring]]
| ''Ilisha fuerthii'' <small>(Steindachner, 1875)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Ilisha | species = fuerthii | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Ilisha fuerthii |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |author2=Williams, J.T. |author3=Nanola, C. |author4=Muallil, R. |author5=Palla, H.P. |author6=Arceo, H. |author7=Acosta, A.K.M. |date=2017 |title=''Ilisha fuerthii'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T183757A102905793 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T183757A102905793.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Panama longfin herring]]
| ''Odontognathus panamensis'' <small>(Steindachner, 1876)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Odontognathus | species = panamensis | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Odontognathus panamensis |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |date=2020 |title=''Odontognathus panamensis'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T183387A102906414 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183387A102906414.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tropical longfin herring]]
| ''Neoopisthopterus tropicus'' <small>(Hildebrand 1946)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Neoopisthopterus | species = tropicus | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Neoopisthopterus tropicus |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |author2=Williams, J.T. |author3=Nanola, C. |author4=Palla, H.P. |author5=Arceo, H. |author6=Acosta, A.K.M. |author7=Muallil, R. |date=2017 |title=''Neoopisthopterus tropicus'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T183217A102906158 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T183217A102906158.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Vaqueira longfin herring]]
| ''Opisthopterus effulgens'' <small>(Regan 1903)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Opisthopterus | species = effulgens | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Opisthopterus effulgens |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:VU IUCN 3 1.svg|VU IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Vulnerable</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |date=2018 |title=''Opisthopterus effulgens'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T183670A143831937 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T183670A143831937.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Equatorial longfin herring]]
| ''Opisthopterus equatorialis'' <small>Hildebrand, 1946</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  cm
| style="text-align:right;"|  kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Opisthopterus | species = equatorialis | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161750 |taxon=Opisthopterus equatorialis |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F. |date=2020 |title=''Opisthopterus equatorialis'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T183876A102907002 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T183876A102907002.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| [[Chirocentridae|Wolf herring]]
| [[Dorab wolf-herring]]
| ''Chirocentrus dorab'' <small>(Forsskål, 1775)</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 100&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"| 60&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.50
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Chirocentrus | species = dorab | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2113/en ''Chirocentrus dorab'' (Forsskål, 1775) ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414031455/http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2113/en |date=2015-04-14 }} FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161883 |taxon=Chirocentrus dorab |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn|author1=Santos, M.|author2=Hata, H.|author3=Villarao, M.C.|author4=Tambihasan, A.M.|author5=Lanzuela, N.|author6=Gapuz, A.V.|author7=Deligero, R.|author8=Belga, P.B.|author9=Alcantara, M.|author10=Buccat, F.G.A.|author11=Doyola, M.C.|author12=Gatlabayan, L.V.|author13=Lopez, G.|author14=Villanueva, J.A.|author15=Parido, L.|year=2017|title=''Chirocentrus dorab''|page=e.T75150150A75151154|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T75150150A75151154.en|access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Whitefin wolf-herring]]
| ''Chirocentrus nudus'' <small>Swainson, 1839</small>
| style="text-align:right;"| 100&nbsp;cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   cm
| style="text-align:right;"| 0.41&nbsp;kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.19
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Chirocentrus | species = nudus | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=161884 |taxon=Chirocentrus nudus |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn|author1=Santos, M.|author2=Hata, H.|author3=Villarao, M.C.|author4=Tambihasan, A.M.|author5=Lopez, G.|author6=Gatlabayan, L.V.|author7=Doyola, M.C.|author8=Buccat, F.G.A.|author9=Alcantara, M.|author10=Belga, P.B.|author11=Deligero, R.|author12=Gapuz, A.V.|author13=Lanzuela, N.|author14=Parido, L.|author15=Villanueva, J.A.|year=2017|title=''Chirocentrus nudus''|page=e.T98735314A99087324|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T98735314A99087324.en|access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Freshwater whitefish]]
| [[Lake herring]] (cisco)
| ''Coregonus artedi'' <small>Lesueur, 1818</small>
| style="text-align:right;"|   cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   cm
| style="text-align:right;"|   kg
| style="text-align:right;"|  years
| style="text-align:center;"| 
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Coregonus | species = artedi | month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{ITIS |id=623384 |taxon= Coregonus artedi |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
| [[File:LC IUCN 3 1.svg|LC IUCN 3 1.svg]] <small>Least concern</small><ref>{{cite iucn|author=Gimenez Dixon, M.|year=1996|title=''Coregonus artedi''|page=e.T5362A11123201|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T5362A11123201.en|access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
|}

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