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Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Clupea megalops Rafinesque, 1818
Clupea parvula Mitchill, 1814
Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811
Clupea vernalis Mitchill, 1815
Clupea virescens DeKay, 1842
Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847
Pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)
Homonyms
Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)
Common names
Alaccia in Italian
Alewife in English
Alewife in English
Alosa in Spanish
Alosa-cinzenta in Portuguese
Alose gaspareau in French
Aloza wielkooka in Polish
Amerikaanse rivierharing in Dutch
Amerikaanse rivierharing in Dutch
Anadromous Alewives in English
Anadromous Alewives in English
Anadromous alewives in English
Augnasíld in Icelandic
Big-eyed Herring in English
Bigeye Herring in English
Bigeye Herring in English
Bol'sheglazyi pomolob in Russian
Branch Herring in English
Branch Herring in English
Clipped Roefish in English
Clipped Roefish in English
Corned Alewives in English
Corned Alewives in English
Ellwife in English
Falsa-aringa atlantica in Italian
Flodsild in Danish
Freshwater Herring in English
Freshwater Herring in English
Frissa in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Gapareau in French
Gasparot in French
Gasperot in French
Golden Shad in English
Gray Herring in English
Gray Herring in English
Grayback in English
Grayback in English
Green-Back in English
Greyback in English
Greyback in English
Greyback in English
Gumsill in Swedish
Hallselg-aloosa in Estonian
Harmaasilli in Finnish
Hering de primavara in Romanian
Kantasilli in Finnish
Kiack in English
Kyack in English
Kyak in English
Kyak in English

Bibliographic References

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  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, 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.
  6. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  7. 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.
  8. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  9. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  10. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  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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