Common name of Sardinella aurita
 
Common name Herring
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Sierra Leone
Locality
Ref. Kamara, A.B., 1977
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Also known as 'Round herring' (Ref. 4743); '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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