wolf herring
chirocentrus latin

Family Chirocentridae (wolf herrings)

The wolf herrings are a family (Chirocentridae) of two marine species of ray-finned fish related to the herrings.

(with ikan parang/wolf herring).

The largest herring is probably the Dorab wolf herring (Chirocentrus dorab) of the Indo-Pacific oceans.

The dorab wolf-herring, Clupea bentincki is a fish species in the Chirocentrus genus of the Chirocentridae family.

Chirocentrus dorab (Dorab wolf-herring) (found in warm coastal waters from the Red Sea to Japan and Australia)