Biology:Alosinae
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Short description: Subfamily of fishes
| Alosinae | |
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| Twaite shad, Alosa fallax | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Clupeidae |
| Subfamily: | Alosinae |
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The Alosinae, or the shads,[1][2][3][4] are a subfamily of fishes in the herring family Clupeidae. The subfamily comprises seven genera worldwide, and about 30 species.[5][2]
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 Hilsa.
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)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alosinae ITIS
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ Distribution of shad species , The Shad Foundation homepage
Wikidata ☰ Q2650600 entry
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