The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SHAD which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2014.
Fish of the herring family crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHAD | 63 % | 4 |
| ALEWIVES | 13 % | 8 |
| MENHADEN | 13 % | 8 |
| ALEWIFE | 13 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fish of the herring family
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- anchovy
- sardine
- pilchard
- alewife
- sprat
- shad
- grayling
- menhaden
- clupeoid
- batfish
- argentina
- oarfish
Crossword Answer definitions
SHAD noun- Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
- The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SHAD
- It's roe is a delicacy
- Herring relative
- Herring's relative
- Herring's kin
- Herring-like fish
- Herringlike fish
- Roe-producing fish
- Canadian rapper not named for river herring
- Roe source
- Migrating fish
More clues leading to the result ALEWIVES
- Some Taproom owners
- Lake Michigan herring
- Pub proprietresses
- Old English pub proprietors
- Herringlike fish.
- Atlantic Coast herrings.
- Fish of the herring family.
- Herring-like fish.
- Fish.
- Small fish
More clues leading to the result MENHADEN
- Atlantic Coast catch
- Atlantic fish
- Fish of the herring family.
- Most abundant of fishes on Atlantic coast.
- Sea fish used for bait.
- Sea fish yielding oil.
- Sea fish.
- Most abundant Atlantic Coast fish
- Silver-scaled swimmer
- Cousin of a herring