WoRMS taxon details
Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)
AphiaID: 158669
AphiaID: 158669
| 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 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gazi Bay [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Clavellisa cordata Wilson C.B., 1915 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 60 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on shrimps, small fishes, diatoms, copepods and ostracods [details] Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence and Nova Scotia to North Carolina [details] Habitat: anadromous species, spawn in freshwater, landlock populations also exist; found at sea at depths of 5- 145 m [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social- Commercial [details] Predators: Eels, yellow perch, white perch, Atlantic salmon, striped bass and sea birds [details] Reproduction: Migrate to (freshwater) lakes and rivers to spawn during spring; external fertilization [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158669 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811). 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=158669 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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