WoRMS taxon details
Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque, 1820)
272250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272250)
accepted
Species
Pomolobus chrysochloris Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pomolobus chrysochloris Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 4]. <em>Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY.</em> v. 2 (no. 3): 169-177. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272250 on 2026-09-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pomolobus chrysochloris Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 4]. <em>Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine: a monthly publ., devoted to literature and science, Lexington, KY.</em> v. 2 (no. 3): 169-177. [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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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 | skipjack herring | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) (from synonym Pomolobus chrysochloris Rafinesque, 1820)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alosa chrysochloris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomolobus chrysochloris Rafinesque, 1820)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Pomolobus chrysochloris Rafinesque, 1820)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alosa chrysochloris RAD100412-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alosa chrysochloris RAD100413-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) (from synonym Pomolobus chrysochloris Rafinesque, 1820)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alosa chrysochloris)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pomolobus chrysochloris Rafinesque, 1820)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Pomolobus chrysochloris Rafinesque, 1820)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alosa chrysochloris RAD100412-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alosa chrysochloris RAD100413-001)
To ITIS
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