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WoRMS taxon details
Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811)
AphiaID: 158670
AphiaID: 158670
| 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 |
Alosa praestabilis DeKay, 1842 Clupea indigena Mitchill, 1814 Clupea sapidissima 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 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feed on copepods, insect larvae, mysids and small fishes [details] Distribution: Newfoundland, St. Lawrence River and Nova Scotia southward to central Florida [details] Habitat: anadromous species; found in salt water to depths of 250 m; spawns in freshwaters [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Scientific- Commercial [details] Predators: Mammals, bony and fin fishes and seals [details] Reproduction: Migrate, repeatedly throughout their lifetime, in spring to (slow-moving) rivers; females may produce up to 600,000 eggs; external fertilization [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158670 on 2010-02-09 | |||||||||||
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