Definition of clupeid fish Clupeid fish
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| clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas | ||
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| 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 | ||
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