Clupea alba
Clupea bentincki
Clupea caspiopontica
Clupea chrysotaenia
Clupea elongata
Clupea halec
Clupea harengus
Clupea inermis
Clupea leachii
Clupea lineolata
Clupea minima
Clupea mirabilis
Clupea pallasii
Clupea sardinacaroli
Clupea sulcata
Herrings are small oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, the North Pacific, and the Mediterranean. There are 15 species of herring, the most abundant of which is the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus).citation needed] Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are caught, salted and smoked in great quantities. Canned "sardines" (or pilchards) seen in supermarkets may actually be sprats or round herrings.