DCHP-1 Online
herring salmon Obs. 
a widely distributed North American food fish, Coregonus sp., especially C. clupeaformis.
See also: whitefish
- 1849 (1852) On taking up our nets (which we laid carefully on the rocks for the Eskimos), they were found full of herring-salmon, in fine condition.
- 1866 The absence of teeth . . . and the presence of the adipose fin in this fish, place it among the Coregoni, and I believe it to be the C. Clupeiformis described by Cuvier under the local name of "Herring Salmon."
- 1880 The herring white-fish . . . is caught in abundance at the mouths of the Nelson and Hayes rivers. . . .
- 1849 (1852) On taking up our nets (which we laid carefully on the rocks for the Eskimos), they were found full of herring-salmon, in fine condition.