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Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Clupeiformes
family
Clupeidae
genus
Alosa
species
Alosa aestivalis

Name

Synonyms
Alosa cyanonoton Storer, 1848
Clupea aestivalis Mitchill, 1814
Clupea fasciata Lesueur, 1818
Pomolobus aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814)
Pomolobus cyanonoton (Storer, 1848)
Homonyms
Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814)
Common names
Alosa in Spanish
Alosa-azul in Portuguese
Alose d'été du Canada in French
Aloza niebieska in Polish
Blaurückenhering in German
Blueback Glut Herring in English
Blueback Glut Herring in English
Blueback Herring in English
Blueback Herring in English
Blueback Shad in English
Blueback Shad in English
Blueback glut herring in English
Blå Staksill in Swedish
Blårygget stamsild in Danish
Glut Herring in English
Hering de vara in Romanian
Herring in English
Herring in English
River Herring in English
River Herring in English
River Herring in English
Shad Herring in English
Shad Herring in English
Shad herring in English
Siniselg-aloosa in Estonian
Sinisilli in Finnish
Sábalo del Canadá in Spanish
alose d'été in French
alose d'été in French
alose d’été in French
alose d’été in French
blueback herring in English
blueback herring in English
blueback herring in English
blueback shad in English
blueback shad in English
placka americká in Czech
Летний помолоб in Russian
Сельдь-помолоб in Russian
синеспинка in Russian
北美大眼鯡 in Chinese
藍背西鯡 in Chinese
Blueback Herring in English
alose d’été in French
blueback herring in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Munroe, T.A. (2000). An overview of the biology, ecology, and fisheries of the clupeoid fishes occurring in the Gulf of Maine. <em>NOAA (National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration), Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document, Woods Hole.</em> Document 00-02: 226 pp. Mar 2000.
  6. Munroe, Thomas, A. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Herrings: Family Clupeidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 111-160.
  7. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  9. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  10. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  11. Whitehead, Peter J. P., 1985: Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings: Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 7, pt. 1. x + 303.
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