clupeid fish

Thesaurus

Noun

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clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas clupeid malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii Clupeidae, family Clupeidae - herrings; shad; sardines; etc. shad - herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, alewife - shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus Brevoortia tyrannis, menhaden - shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer Clupea harangus, herring - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific sardine - any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned Sardina pilchardus, pilchard, sardine - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring