River herrings
Fish
Alosa is a genus of fish, the river herrings, in the family Clupeidae. Along with other genera in the subfamily Alosinae, they are generally known as shads. They are distinct from other herrings by having a deeper body and spawning in rivers. Wikipedia
Higher classification: Shads
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Scientific name: Alosa
Found in: Lake Garda
Family: Clupeidae
Rank: Genus
Lower classifications
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Alosa is a genus of fish, the river herrings, in the family Clupeidae. Along with other genera in the subfamily Alosinae, they are generally known as shads.
The American shad (Alosa sapidissima) is a species of anadromous clupeid fish naturally distributed on the North American coast of the North Atlantic, ...
188, 6683, 59043). A dark spot posterior to gill opening, but sometimes absent, sometimes followed by several small blotches (Ref. 188, 59043). Alosa alosa ...
Other articles where Alosa is discussed: shad: Shad of the genus Alosa are rather deep bodied and have a notch in the upper jaw into which the tip of the ...
Alosa pseudoharengusAnadromous alewives(Also: Bigeye herring; Clipped roefish; Corned alewives; Freshwater herring) · Geographic Range · Habitat · Physical ...
It is difficult to distinguish from its close relative 1103 Twaite shad Alosa fallax. Both fish have streamlined bodies covered with distinct, large, circular ...
Allis shad (Alosa alosa L.) are anadromous, and have a pelagic-sea life mainly inshore along the coast migrating to the higher, middle watercourse of rivers ...
Genus, Alosa Linck, 1790 – river herrings. Direct Children: Species, Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814) – blueback herring, alose d'été, blueback shad.
Alosa Linck, 1790. AphiaID. 125715 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125715). Classification. Biota; Animalia (Kingdom); Chordata (Phylum) ...
Alosa bulgarica, Alosa caspia caspia, Caspian shad, Tirsi. Alosa caspia, Alosa caspia ... Alosa fallax nilotica, Alosa agone, Twaite shad, Dişli tirsi.