WoRMS taxon details

Alosa mediocris (Mitchill, 1814)

158668  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158668)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea mediocris 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]   
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic: along the coast from Maine to the St. John's River, Florida. Also in rivers.  
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic: along the coast from Maine to the St. John's River, Florida. Also in rivers. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Alosa mediocris (Mitchill, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158668 on 2024-03-29
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2005-05-26 07:43:32Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Clupea mattowaca 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): 451, Pl. 5 (fig. 8) [details]   

original description  (of Clupea mediocris 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 pusilla 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]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet Feed on small fishes, also squid, small crabs and other crustaceans, as well as fish eggs [details]

Distribution Northwestern Atlantic: along the coast from Maine to the St. John's River, Florida. Also in rivers. [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Schools of adults are found in marine waters, along the coast; also estuaries, tidal rivers and tributaries during late spring and early summer. [details]

Importance Social- Commercial fishery [details]

Reproduction Spawn in tidal freshwater  [details]
LanguageName 
English hickory shad  [details]