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Alosa agone (Scopoli, 1786)

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Italy country information

Common names: Agone, Alaccia, Alosa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Described for Lake Lugano (Ref. 94493). Known from Lakes Maggiore, Como and Garda (Ref. 13696); also from the Ombrone River (Ref. 40637). Introduced in Lakes Bolsena, Bracciano and Vico (central Italy). (Ref. 59043). Several publications in ASFA use Alosa fallax lacustris as valid name from Lago Maggiore (Harald Rosenthal, pers.comm. 11/09).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Mediterranean shad, Twaite shad, Alose finte, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Alosidae (Shads and Sardines)
Etymology: Alosa: Latin, alausa = a fish cited by Ausonius and Latin, halec = pickle, dealing with the Greek word hals = salt; it is also the old Saxon name for shad = "alli" ; 1591 (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; pelagic; non-migratory.   Temperate; 47°N - 45°N, 8°E - 11°E

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