WoRMS taxon details
Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825)
280725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280725)
accepted
Species
Alausa dorsalis Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Alausa platycephalus Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted
Clupea dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
Clupea fimbriata Bowdich, 1825 · unaccepted
Clupea senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
Clupea setosa Steindachner, 1869 · unaccepted
Ethmalosa dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847) · unaccepted
Harengula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
Meletta senegalensis Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clupea fimbriata Bowdich, 1825) Bowdich, S. L. (1825). Fishes of Madeira. <em>In: T. E. Bowdich. Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo during the autumn of 1823, while on his third voyage to Africa. London. i-xii + 1-278, 11 pls. + 10 pls.</em> Pp. 121-125 and 233-238.
page(s): 234, Fig. 44 [details]
page(s): 234, Fig. 44 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280725 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clupea fimbriata Bowdich, 1825) Bowdich, S. L. (1825). Fishes of Madeira. <em>In: T. E. Bowdich. Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo during the autumn of 1823, while on his third voyage to Africa. London. i-xii + 1-278, 11 pls. + 10 pls.</em> Pp. 121-125 and 233-238.
page(s): 234, Fig. 44 [details]
original description (of Clupea setosa Steindachner, 1869) Steindachner, F. (1869). Eine Abhandlung über einige neue Fischarten aus den Sammlungen des Wiener-Museums. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 6 (no. 19) (for 15 July 1869): 149-150. [details]
original description (of Harengula forsteri 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 Alausa dorsalis 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 Alausa platycephalus Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28. [details]
original description (of Meletta senegalensis 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]
page(s): 234, Fig. 44 [details]
original description (of Clupea setosa Steindachner, 1869) Steindachner, F. (1869). Eine Abhandlung über einige neue Fischarten aus den Sammlungen des Wiener-Museums. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 6 (no. 19) (for 15 July 1869): 149-150. [details]
original description (of Harengula forsteri 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 Alausa dorsalis 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 Alausa platycephalus Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28. [details]
original description (of Meletta senegalensis 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Bonga shad | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Harengula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Alausa dorsalis Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Clupea senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Clupea dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Alausa platycephalus Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Clupea fimbriata Bowdich, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Meletta senegalensis Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Clupea setosa Steindachner, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ethmalosa dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ethmalosa fimbriata)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea fimbriata Bowdich, 1825)
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa dorsalis Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea setosa Steindachner, 1869)
To FishBase (from synonym Ethmalosa dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Meletta senegalensis Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa platycephalus Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase images (Ethmalosa fimbriata, Gambia, by Durand, J.-D.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 76 proteins) (from synonym Clupea fimbriata Bowdich, 1825)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 76 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ethmalosa fimbriata RAD100474-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ethmalosa fimbriata RAD100480-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Harengula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Alausa dorsalis Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Clupea senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Clupea dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Alausa platycephalus Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Clupea fimbriata Bowdich, 1825)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Meletta senegalensis Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Clupea setosa Steindachner, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ethmalosa dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ethmalosa fimbriata)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea fimbriata Bowdich, 1825)
To FishBase (from synonym Harengula forsteri Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa dorsalis Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea setosa Steindachner, 1869)
To FishBase (from synonym Ethmalosa dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Meletta senegalensis Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Alausa platycephalus Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase images (Ethmalosa fimbriata, Gambia, by Durand, J.-D.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 76 proteins) (from synonym Clupea fimbriata Bowdich, 1825)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 76 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ethmalosa fimbriata RAD100474-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ethmalosa fimbriata RAD100480-001)
To ITIS
