Alosa mediocris
creator: Cuvelier, Daphne
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-01
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 mediocris (Mitchill, 1814)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Alosa mediocris (Mitchill, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158668 on 2026-08-01
created: 2005-05-26T09:43:32Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
replaces: 300448
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Alosa mediocris (Mitchill, 1814)
class: Teleostei
family: Alosidae
genus: Alosa
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York. v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
name published in: Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. D. Carlisle, New York. 1-28.
name published in: DeKay, J. E. (1842). Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Part IV. Fishes. W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany. (part of: Natural History of New York). i-xv + 1-415, Pls. 1-79. [Plates in separate volume; fishes, Pls. 1-79 [most in color].].
name published in year: 1815
name published in year: 1814
name published in year: 1842
order: Clupeiformes
parent name usage ID: 125715
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Mitchill, 1814)
specific epithet: mediocris
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted