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

ERMS taxon details

Alosa Linck, 1790

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Alosidae Svetovidov, 1952

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Species Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Alosa caspia (Eichwald, 1838)
Species Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803)
Species Alosa immaculata Bennett, 1835
Species Alosa maeotica (Grimm, 1901)
Species Alosa tanaica (Grimm, 1901)
Species Alosa pontica (Eichwald, 1838) accepted as Alosa immaculata Bennett, 1835

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: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125715 on 2025-05-31

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Alosa Linck, 1790. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125715 on 2025-05-31

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 RoR) [details]