Common name of Alosa pseudoharengus
 
Common name Gray herring
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'herring', from Old English 'haering', i.e., the gray fish, from prehistoric West Germanic 'kheringgaz', i.e., 'kher' = English 'hoar', i.e., silvery gray color of herring (p. 281 in Ref. 11979).
 
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