WoRMS taxon details
Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)
158669 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158669)
accepted
Species
Clupea megalops Rafinesque, 1818 · unaccepted
Clupea parvula Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811 · unaccepted
Clupea vernalis Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Clupea virescens DeKay, 1842 · unaccepted
Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811) Anonymous [Wilson, A.]. (1811). Clupea, in ichthyology, . <em>The Cyclopedia; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and letters.</em> v. 9: 3 unnumbered pp. [Authorship of article according to Rafinesque 1818]. [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence and Nova Scotia to North Carolina
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence and Nova Scotia to North Carolina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158669 on 2026-01-10
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea megalops Rafinesque, 1818) Rafinesque, C.S. (1818). Second decade of new North American fishes. <em>Am. Monthly Mag. Crit. Rev.</em> 2(3): 204-206.
page(s): 206 [details]
original description (of Clupea parvula Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28.
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811) Anonymous [Wilson, A.]. (1811). Clupea, in ichthyology, . <em>The Cyclopedia; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and letters.</em> v. 9: 3 unnumbered pp. [Authorship of article according to Rafinesque 1818]. [details]
original description (of Clupea vernalis Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 454, Pl. 5 (fig. 9) [details]
original description (of Clupea virescens DeKay, 1842) DeKay, J. E. (1842). Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part IV. Fishes. <em>W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany. (part of: Natural History of New York).</em> i-xv + 1-415, Pls. 1-79. [Plates in separate volume; fishes, Pls. 1-79 [most in color].]. [details]
original description (of Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
page(s): 206 [details]
original description (of Clupea parvula Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28.
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811) Anonymous [Wilson, A.]. (1811). Clupea, in ichthyology, . <em>The Cyclopedia; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and letters.</em> v. 9: 3 unnumbered pp. [Authorship of article according to Rafinesque 1818]. [details]
original description (of Clupea vernalis Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 454, Pl. 5 (fig. 9) [details]
original description (of Clupea virescens DeKay, 1842) DeKay, J. E. (1842). Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part IV. Fishes. <em>W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany. (part of: Natural History of New York).</em> i-xv + 1-415, Pls. 1-79. [Plates in separate volume; fishes, Pls. 1-79 [most in color].]. [details]
original description (of Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on shrimps, small fishes, diatoms, copepods and ostracods [details]Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence and Nova Scotia to North Carolina [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat anadromous species, spawn in freshwater, landlock populations also exist; found at sea at depths of 5- 145 m [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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Amerikaanse rivierharing | [details] |
| English | sawbelliesgaspereaugaspareauale-wifealewife | [details] |
| French | gaspareau | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (83 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (158 publications) (from synonym Pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Clupea virescens DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Clupea parvula Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clupea megalops Rafinesque, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Clupea vernalis Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alosa pseudoharengus)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea parvula Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea megalops Rafinesque, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea virescens DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea vernalis Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (176 nucleotides; 163 proteins)
To GenBank (176 nucleotides; 163 proteins) (from synonym Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Meletta venosa RAD100637-001) (from synonym Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomolobus pseudoharengus P06857 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomolobus pseudoharengus P06861 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (158 publications) (from synonym Pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Clupea virescens DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Clupea parvula Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clupea megalops Rafinesque, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Clupea vernalis Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alosa pseudoharengus)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea parvula Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea megalops Rafinesque, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea virescens DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea vernalis Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (176 nucleotides; 163 proteins)
To GenBank (176 nucleotides; 163 proteins) (from synonym Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Meletta venosa RAD100637-001) (from synonym Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomolobus pseudoharengus P06857 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pomolobus pseudoharengus P06861 illustration)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
