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Alewife
Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Clupeiformes »  family Clupeidae - herrings, shads, sardines and allies »  genus Alosa

Scientific synonyms

Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811
Pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)
Clupea megalops Rafinesque, 1818
Clupea parvula Mitchill, 1814
Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847
Clupea vernalis Mitchill, 1815
Clupea virescens DeKay, 1842

Other names

= Anadromous Alewives
= Bigeye Herring
= Branch Herring
= Freshwater Herring
= Gray Herring
= Grayback
= Greyback
= Kyack
= Kyak

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IUCN category 2018-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Alosa pseudoharengus - Alewife

Author: B. Kao

Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [1583]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/708]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) [625]

Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) [http://www.issg.org/database]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [201948]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018
CZ Hanel L., Novák J. (2001): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 2. Nozdratí (Sarcopterygii), paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) /mnohoploutví (Polypteriformes) – bezostní (Clupeiformes), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 64 pp. [as Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)]
Data retrieved on: 5 June 2013
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