WoRMS taxon details
Alosa alabamae Jordan & Evermann, 1896
272248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272248)
accepted
Species
Alosa ohiensis Evermann, 1902 · unaccepted
Meletta suoerii Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Evermann, B. W. (1896). Description of a new species of shad (Alosa alabamae) from Alabama. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 21 (for 1894) (art. 4): 203-205. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alosa alabamae Jordan & Evermann, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272248 on 2025-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Evermann, B. W. (1896). Description of a new species of shad (Alosa alabamae) from Alabama. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 21 (for 1894) (art. 4): 203-205. [details]
original description (of Alosa ohiensis Evermann, 1902) Evermann, B. W. (1902). Description of a new species of shad (Alosa ohiensis), with notes on other food-fishes of the Ohio River. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 27 (for 1901) Appendix 9: 273-288. [details]
original description (of Meletta suoerii 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]
original description (of Alosa ohiensis Evermann, 1902) Evermann, B. W. (1902). Description of a new species of shad (Alosa ohiensis), with notes on other food-fishes of the Ohio River. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 27 (for 1901) Appendix 9: 273-288. [details]
original description (of Meletta suoerii 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]
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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Alabama shad | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Alosa ohiensis Evermann, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Meletta suoerii Valenciennes, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alosa alabamae)
To FishBase (from synonym Meletta suoerii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa ohiensis Evermann, 1902)
To FishBase images (Alosa alabamae, USA, by Smith, A.B.)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alosa alabamae P00357 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alosa alabamae P01800 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alosa ohiensis P00362 illustration) (from synonym Alosa ohiensis Evermann, 1902)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Alosa ohiensis Evermann, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Meletta suoerii Valenciennes, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alosa alabamae)
To FishBase (from synonym Meletta suoerii Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Alosa ohiensis Evermann, 1902)
To FishBase images (Alosa alabamae, USA, by Smith, A.B.)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alosa alabamae P00357 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alosa alabamae P01800 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alosa ohiensis P00362 illustration) (from synonym Alosa ohiensis Evermann, 1902)
To ITIS
