What is Herring?
{{Taxobox | name = Herring | image = Herringadultkils.jpg | image_caption = Atlantic Herring | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Actinopterygii]] | ordo = [[Clupeiformes]] | familia = [[Clupeidae]] | genus = '''''Clupea''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 <!-- | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Clupea alba]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea bentincki]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea caspiopontica]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea chrysotaenia]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea elongata]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea halec]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea harengus]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea inermis]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea leachii]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea lineolata]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea minima]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea mirabilis]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea pallasii]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea sardinacaroli]]''<br/> ''[[Clupea sulcata]]'' -->| type_species = Clupea harengus }} [[File:Heringsfass.JPG|thumb|Clupea harengus]] [[Image:PickledHerring.JPG|thumb|right|Pickled herring to eat.]] A '''herring''' is a small [[teleost]] [[fish]] of the [[genus]] ''Clupea''. Best-known of this family is probably the [[Atlantic herring]]. There are 15 different [[species]] of herring. When herrings [[Migration|migrate]] in the water they usually do this in large numbers; this is then called a ''school'' of herring. Like other fish, they do this for protection: see [[shoaling and schooling]]. Herrings can be eaten. They are often [[Smoking (cooking)|smoked]] or [[pickling|pickled]]. A '''red herring''' is used to describe a [[trope|plot device]] in mystery fiction that leads the reader to a wrong solution. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Clupeiformes]] [[Category:Edible fish]]