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Alosa mediocris (Mitchill, 1814)

Hickory shad
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Common names: Bonejack, Fall herring, Freshwater taylor
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Atlantic coast from Kenduskeag River in Maine to the St. John's River, in Florida and ascends coastal rivers during spring and fall (Ref. 86798). Found throughout Chesapeake Bay (Ref. 4639). Southern New England (Ref. 37512). Also Ref. 188, 27549, 93252.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Alose américaine, Herring, Shad fall herring, ... more

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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).
  More on author: Mitchill.

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

seewasser; süßwasser; brackwasser; anadrom (Ref. 51243).   Temperate; 46°N - 25°N, 82°W - 66°W (Ref. 117467)

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