Arctic Register of Marine Species - Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811)

ARMS taxon details

Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811)

AphiaID

158670 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158670)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Alosa Linck, 1790

Original name

Clupea sapidissima Wilson, 1811

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Anonymous [Wilson, A.]. (1811). Clupea, in ichthyology, . The Cyclopedia; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and letters. v. 9: 3 unnumbered pp. [Authorship of article according to Rafinesque 1818]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811). Accessed through: Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2021) The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158670 on 2026-02-22

Regional species database citation

Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2026). The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD). Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php/_profiler/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158670 on 2026-02-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of ) Anonymous [Wilson, A.]. (1811). Clupea, in ichthyology, . The Cyclopedia; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and letters. v. 9: 3 unnumbered pp. [Authorship of article according to Rafinesque 1818]. [details]

context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp. [details]

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]

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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]