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Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 126413

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Clupeiformes (Order) > Clupeidae (Family) > Alosa (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Alosa Linck, 1790
Synonymised
taxa
  Alausa vulgaris Valenciennes, 1847
Alosa alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alosa communis Yarrell, 1836
Alosa cuvieri Malm, 1877 (misspelling)
Alosa cuvierii Malm, 1877
Alosa rusa Mauduyt, 1848
Clupea alosa Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 318 [details]


basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 318 [details]


from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Berg, L.S. (1948). Fresh-water fishes of Soviet Union and adjacent countries. I. No. 27, pp 1-466.
page(s): 318 [details] [view taxon]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Breton alouzenn  [details]
Danish majsild  [details]
Dutch elft  [details]
English allis shad  [details]
English mayfish  [details]
English shad  [details]
French alosa vraie  [details]
French alose  [details]
French alose vraie  [details]
French Coulaca  [details]
French Coulacqua  [details]
French grande alose  [details]
French poisson de mai  [details]
French sabre  [details]
German Alose  [details]
German Alse  [details]
German Eilft  [details]
German Maifisch  [details]
German Mecheuisch  [details]
Hebrew אלוזה  [details]
Italian agone  [details]
Italian alosa  [details]
Italian alosa comune  [details]
Lithuanian alsė  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κέπα  [details]
Norwegian maisild  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål maisild  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk maisild  [details]
Polish aloza  [details]
Polish aloza finta  [details]
Portuguese sável  [details]
Romanian scrumbie de mare  [details]
Slovenian Atlantska čepa  [details]
Spanish sabalo  [details]
Spanish sábalo  [details]
Spanish sábalo común  [details]
Spanish samborca  [details]
Spanish sóbalo  [details]
Swedish majfisk  [details]
Swedish majsill  [details]
Turkish tirsi  [details]
Turkish tirsi balığı  [details]
Ukrainian Сіроспинка  [details]
Welsh gwangen  [details]
Welsh herlyn  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Alosa alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Alosa alosa bulgarica Drensky, 1934 accepted as Alosa caspia caspia (Eichwald, 1838)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Schelde estuary [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeschelde [details]
Host of  Pseudoeucanthus alosae (Brian, 1902) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Clavellisa emarginata (Krøyer, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (215 nucleotides; 231 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Introduction: This species has been introduced or released in Dutch waters. [details]
Images 
Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
added on 2006-08-11 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
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Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
added on 2006-08-11 - author: RIVO/Henk Heessen/2005
qualitystatus: not checked

Olsen (1883, kaart 07)
Olsen (1883, kaart 07)
added on 2008-07-22 - author: O.T. Olsen
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Poll (1947, fig. 091)
Poll (1947, fig. 091)
added on 2008-08-12 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Day)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126413
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126413 on 2013-05-24
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