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Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)

Alewife
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Alosa pseudoharengus
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | 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);  pseudoharengus: From the words pseudo, meaning false and harengus, meaning herring (Ref. 10294).

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

marina; sötvatten; brackvatten; anadrom (Ref. 51243); djupintervall 5 - 145 m (Ref. 4639), usually 56 - 110 m (Ref. 5951).   Temperate; 55°N - 34°N, 93°W - 53°W (Ref. 86798)

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