Biology:Alosidae
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Short description: Family of fishes
| Alosidae | |
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| Twaite shad, Alosa fallax | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Suborder: | Clupeoidei |
| Family: | Alosidae Svetovidov, 1952 |
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The Alosidae, or the shads,[1][2][3] are a family of clupeiform fishes. The family currently comprises four genera worldwide, and about 34 species.[4]
The shads are pelagic (open water) schooling fish, of which many are anadromous or even landlocked. Several species are of commercial importance, e.g. in the genus Alosa (river herrings), Brevoortia (menhadens), and Sardina. The Alosidae were previously included in the herring family Clupeidae.
See also
- The Shad Foundation
- Shad Planking, a Virginia political gathering featuring the consumption of American shad
References
- ↑ Biodiversity, Status, and Conservation of the World’s Shads American Fisheries Society Symposium Volume (2003)
- ↑ Peter J. P. Whitehead (1985) Subfamily Alosinae[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] In: Clupeoid Fishes of the World – an annotated and illustrated catalog of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Volume 7, Part 1. Rome: UNDP FAO.
- ↑ "The Shad Foundation homepage". http://www.cbr.washington.edu/shadfoundation/.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Clupeidae {{{2}}}" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2650600 entry
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