Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

Traits taxon details

Alosa Linck, 1790

AphiaID

125715 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125715)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Alosidae Svetovidov, 1952

Synonymised names

Caspialosa Berg, 1915 · unaccepted

Caspiolosa · unaccepted (misspelling)

Direct children (27)

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Species Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814)
Species Alosa agone (Scopoli, 1786)
Species Alosa alabamae Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Species Alosa algeriensis Regan, 1916
Species Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Alosa braschnikowi (Borodin, 1904)
Species Alosa caspia (Eichwald, 1838)
Species Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque, 1820)
Species Alosa curensis (Suvorov, 1907)
Species Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803)
Species Alosa immaculata Bennett, 1835
Species Alosa kessleri (Grimm, 1887)
Species Alosa killarnensis Regan, 1916
Species Alosa macedonica (Vinciguerra, 1921)
Species Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901)
Species Alosa mediocris (Mitchill, 1814)
Species Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)
Species Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811)
Species Alosa saposchnikowii (Grimm, 1887)
Species Alosa sphaerocephala (Berg, 1913)
Species Alosa suworowi (Berg, 1913)
Species Alosa tanaica (Grimm, 1901)
Species Alosa vistonica Economidis & Sinis, 1986
Species Alosa volgensis (Berg, 1913)
Species Alosa brashnikovi (Borodin, 1904) accepted as Alosa braschnikowi (Borodin, 1904) (misspelling)
Species Alosa pontica (Eichwald, 1838) accepted as Alosa immaculata Bennett, 1835
Species Alosa saposhnikovi (Grimm, 1887) accepted as Alosa saposchnikowii (Grimm, 1887) (misspelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linck, H.F. (1790). Versuch einer Eintheilung der Fische nach den Zähnen. Mag. Neuste Phys. Naturgesch. Gotha 6(3): 28-38., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=oBfvLixqU8MC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Versuch+einer+Eintheilung+der+Fische+nach+den+Z%C3%A4hnen&source=bl&ots=H8oNTwTozE&sig=RKAfSo1hOpxh3NMEW7H1HkDsDvY&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYiqDAl_TcAhVFyKQKHenpAmEQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepag
page(s): 35 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alosa Linck, 1790. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125715 on 2025-05-27

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Alosa Linck, 1790. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125715 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2022-12-31 23:29:51Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Linck, H.F. (1790). Versuch einer Eintheilung der Fische nach den Zähnen. Mag. Neuste Phys. Naturgesch. Gotha 6(3): 28-38., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=oBfvLixqU8MC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Versuch+einer+Eintheilung+der+Fische+nach+den+Z%C3%A4hnen&source=bl&ots=H8oNTwTozE&sig=RKAfSo1hOpxh3NMEW7H1HkDsDvY&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYiqDAl_TcAhVFyKQKHenpAmEQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepag
page(s): 35 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]