大約1600年，一種在英國海岸豐富的魚類被稱爲康沃爾魚（Cornish），也被稱爲 horse mackerel，其名稱來源不確定，可能是 shad 的變體。《牛津英語詞典》將其與威爾士語 ysgaden “鯡魚”，挪威方言 skad，瑞典語 skädde “比目魚”進行了比較。
In July, 1834, as Mr. Yarrell informs us, most extraordinary shoals passed up the channel along the coast of Glamorganshire; their passage occupied a week, and they were evidently in pursuit of the fry of the herring. The water appeared one dark mass of fish, and they were caught by cart-loads, and might even be baled out of the water by the hands alone. ["British Fish and Fisheries," 1849]
據雅瑞爾先生1834年7月的消息，格拉摩根郡海岸沿線出現了最不尋常的魚羣； 它們的行進持續了一個星期，顯然是在追逐鯡魚的魚苗。水面上一片黑壓壓的魚羣，它們被一車一車地捕撈，甚至可以用手直接從水中撈出。【《英國魚類和漁業》（1849）】
