| Common name | Arenque del Pacifico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Type | FAO old |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
| Country | Spain |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter, 1994 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | color pattern(s) |
| 1st modifier | locality/area |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Arenque' from Francique 'hâring' (German 'hering') and Latinized as 'aringus' (Ref. 9404); 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 (Ref. 11979); 'del Pacifico', i.e., of the Pacific Ocean. Name not listed in ASFIS version 2006 (Ref. 56807). |