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Alosa fallax (Lacepède, 1803)

Twaite shad
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Cyprus country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Also Ref. 12255.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cy.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | 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: Lacepède.

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

marin; eau douce; saumâtre; anadrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 10 - 400 m (Ref. 2945).   Temperate; 66°N - 27°N, 25°W - 42°E

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