WoRMS taxon details
Alosa mediocris (Mitchill, 1814)
AphiaID: 158668
AphiaID: 158668
| 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 mattowaca Mitchill, 1815 Clupea mediocris Mitchill, 1814 Clupea pusilla Mitchill, 1814 Clupea viridescens DeKay, 1842 Pomolobus mediocris (Mitchill, 1814) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [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] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feed on small fishes, also squid, small crabs and other crustaceans, as well as fish eggs [details] Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic: along the coast from Maine to the St. John's River, Florida. Also in rivers. [details] Habitat: Schools of adults are found in marine waters, along the coast; also estuaries, tidal rivers and tributaries during late spring and early summer. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social- Commercial fishery [details] Reproduction: Spawn in tidal freshwater [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158668 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Alosa mediocris (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=158668 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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