Alosa alosa
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126413 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Alosa alosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Teleostei
family: Alosidae
genus: Alosa
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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.
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in: Malm, A. W. (1877). Göteborgs och Bohusläns fauna, ryggradsdjuren. Göteborg Handelstidning Akteriolags Tryckeri Göteborg. 1-674, Pls. 1-9.
name published in: Mauduyt, F. (1849). Ichthyologie de la Vienne, ou tableau méthodique et descriptif des poissons qui vivent habituellement dans les eaux de ce département ou qui y remontent périodiquement et accidentellement. Bulletin Société Académique d'Agriculture, Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de Poitiers 1848. v. 3, fasc. 9-12: 8-49.
name published in: Yarrell, W. (1835-1836). A history of British fishes, illustrated by nearly 400 wood-cuts. 2 vols. London. vol. 1:i-xxxvi + 1-408; vol. 2:1-472. [Second edition in 1841; third edition in 1859].
name published in year: 1847
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1877
name published in year: 1849
name published in year: 1835-1836
order: Clupeiformes
parent name usage ID: 125715
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: alosa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted