WoRMS taxon details
Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814)
AphiaID: 158667
AphiaID: 158667
| 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 |
Clupea aestivalis Mitchill, 1814 Clupea fasciata Lesueur, 1818 Pomolobus aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814) Pomolobus cyanonoton Storer, 1848 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Munroe, T.A. 2000. An overview of the biology, ecology, and fisheries of the clupeoid fishes occurring in the Gulf of Maine. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 00-02, 226 p. [details] basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [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] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Lernaeenicus radiatus Le Sueur, 1824 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Clavellisa cordata Wilson C.B., 1915 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus clupeidarum Johnson S.K. & Rogers, 1972 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 18 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on small fishes, copepods, and small shrimps [details] Distribution: Cape Breton south to St. John's River, Florida [details] Habitat: Anadromous species, enters the river only to spawn. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social- Commercial [details] Predators: Eels, yellow perch and white perch [details] Reproduction: Migrate to freshwater lakes and streams; external fertilization, pelagic eggs [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158667 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814). 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=158667 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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