1. West herring: has the same torpedo shaped silver body. It is one of the smallest members of the herring family and lives in the ocean, freshwater, and semi-saline freshwater. In late winter and spring, the western herring spawns offshore and the eggs float to the surface.

2, herring: the scientific name of the Pacific herring, also known as the green herring, head small, body streamlined, body extension and lateral flattening, the dorsal fin is located in the middle of the body and the ventral fins relative to the dorsal side of the blue-black, the ventral side of the silver-white, for the cold-water pelagic fish, usually inhabiting the deeper waters, the body of the multi-fat, high nutritive value, for one of the important export of aquatic products.